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1911-10-30 Literary Awards

30th October, 1911

Essay - Should the State Control the Educational System in all its Branches

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ruby W	Martin	Sydney	New South Wales		1st
Mary	Fahey	Tylden	Victoria		2nd
Sydney	Weir	Boulder	Western Australia		3rd
E L	Bailey	Launceston	Tasmania		Honourable Mention

Essay - The Benefits of Voluntary Co-operation of the People in Production, Manufacture and Distribution

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
A P	Foott	Bundaberg	Qeensland		1st
Stanley	Poyser	Ballarat	Victoria		2nd
Miss C	Delaney	Ballarat	Victoria		3rd
Roy S	Clark	Brunswick	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Essay - Woman, Her Entrance to the Professions

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mary	Fahey	Tylden	Victoria		1st
Minnit	Funston	Brisbane	Qeensland		2nd
Mary	Callan	Dunedin	New Zealand		3rd
Emily	Parsons	Clunes	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Essay - The Art of Domestic Economy

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mrs L H	Koenig	Cranbourne	Victoria		1st
Miss F	Chellew	Avoca	Victoria		2nd
Mrs W	King-Symonds	Lower Belford	New South Wales		3rd
Alice D	Barker	North Aedlaide	South Australia		Honourable Mention

Scripture Essay - The Influence of the Teachinhgs of Christ on Heathen Nations

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Annie	Carr	Frankston	Victoria		1st
J	Steel jun	Forestville	South Australia		2nd
Miss E	Christensen	Nilma	Victoria		3rd
Ivie B	Blight	Perth	Western Australia		Honourable Mention

Criticism - Marie Corelli - Her Place in Literature

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
E T	Emmett	Lindisfarne	Tasmania		1st
W C	Kelly	Glenferrie	Victoria		2nd
P E	Norwood	Camberwell	Victoria		3rd

Essay - The Influence of the Cadet System and the Boy Scout Movement on the Future Defence of the Empire

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Max	Kott	Perth	Western Australia		1st
Frank R	McGregor	Ballarat	Victoria		2nd
Elmo	Blight	Ballarat	Victoria		3rd
J E	Lee	Waubra	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Essay - Edisons Inventions, their Influence on Industry

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
A P	Foott	Bundaberg	Qeensland		1st
Max	Kott	Perth	Western Australia		2nd
J A	Atkinson	West Parkville	Victoria		3rd
Roy S	Clark	Brunswick	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Essay - The Influence of Western Civilisations

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Chas	Daley	Sale	Victoria		1st
F C	Sides	Middle Park	Victoria		2nd
W J	Listner	Sheffield	Tasmania		3rd
Elizabeth	Fahey	Tyldon	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Original Tale

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
T M	Brodie	Moonee Ponds	Victoria		1st
Mis A	Vahland	Bendigo	Victoria		Equal 2nd
Edith	Gurr	Geelong	Victoria		Equal 2nd
Mrs E E	Warren	South Gembrook	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Miss A	Highfield	Brisbane	Qeensland		Honourable Mention
Lyle	Huckell	Malvern	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Amy M	Imes	South Melbourne	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Edith G	Gault	St Kilda	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Original Poem

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
T H	Templeton	Yea	Victoria		1st
J H	Boswell	Stanley	Victoria		Equal 2nd
Thos L	Fulton	St Kilda	Victoria		Equal 2nd
Henry	Davis	St Kilda	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Short Story

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lyle	Huckell	Malvern	Victoria		1st
Miss L R	Wilson	Canterbury	Victoria		2nd
Roy S	Hodge	Rookwood	New South Wales		3rd
Agnes	Reeves	Ballarat East	Victoria		Honourable Mention
Miss F	Chellew	Avoca	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Special Prize Essay - "Victoria, its Resources and Greater Possibilities" - £100 Prize - Gift of the Victorian Government

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
W. A. H.	Ackerley - £50 Prize	Northcote	Victoria		1st
Rev. W. H.	Guard - £30 Prize	Omeo	Victoria		2nd
John A.	Atkinson - £15 Prize	West Parkville	Victoria		3rd
J. B.	Castiean - £5 Prize	Melbourne	Victoria		4th