1914-11-17 Literary Awards

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Placing
Chas.	Witham	Queenstown	Tasmania	1st
J. P.	Hannah	Gardenvale	Victoria	2nd
T. H.	Templeton	Yea	Victoria	3rd
Chas.	Daley	Caulfield	Victoria	Honourable Mention

Essay: "The Heroism of Australian Explorers" (Open to those who have not won a first prize in Nos. 1 and Nos. 2 Essays)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Bertha C.	Doyle	Lochinvar	New South Wales	89	1st
M. H.	Jopling	Darlinghurst	New South Wales	87	2nd
C. S.	Sharpe	Swansea	Tasmania	85	3rd

Essay: "Books, Their Influence on the Individual, the Home and the Nation"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Florence	Chellew	Avoca	Victoria	100	1st
J. A.	Atkinson	Coburg	Victoria	95	2nd
C. S.	Sharpe	Swansea	Tasmania	90	3rd

Essay: "Profit Sharing and Co-Partnership, an Alternative to Socialism"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
E. L.	Bailey	Launceston	Tasmania	92	1st
Chas. A.	Brown	Richmond	Victoria	91	2nd
W. W.	Tapley	Wayville	South Australia	85	3rd

Essay: Scripture Subject "St. Paul's Teaching on the Christian Ministry" (Pressmen and Clergymen not eligible to compete)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
J. A.	Wilkie	Ballarat	Victoria	100	1st
H. J.	Coles	Adelaide	South Australia	98	2nd
C. H.	Beaney	North Adelaide	South Australia	95	3rd
V.	Mitchell	Launceston	Tasmania		Honourable Mention
M.	Scott	Moonee Ponds	Victoria		Honourable Mention
H.	Treloar	East Camberwell	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Essay: "Foreign Missions and their Civilising Influences"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Placing
S. M.	Scott	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	Equal 1st
J. A.	Wilkie	Ballarat	Victoria	Equal 1st
Ida	Gentle	Brisbane	Queensland	2nd
A. P.	Foote	Brisbane	Queensland	3rd
Mary T.	Gray	Beeac	Victoria	Honourable Mention

Essay: "John Wesley, His Life and Influence"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
J. A.	Atkinson	Coburg	Victoria	90	1st
Edith H.	Taylor	Camberwell	Victoria	85	2nd
T. C.	Adamson	Melbourne	Victoria	80	3rd
R.	Truran	North Fitzroy	Victoria	79	Honourable Mention
E. S.	Dusting	Port Melbourne	Victoria	78	Honourable Mention

Criticism" "Rudyard Kipling"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
T. L.	Fulton	Kew	Victoria	87	1st
Dulcie	De Bomford	Beaconsfield	Tasmania	82	2nd
	MacInnes	Caulfield	Victoria	78	3rd
F. Grace	McFadyen	Ashfield	New South Wales		Honourable Mention

Essay: "Burns - Poet, Philosopher, Man"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Eva J.	Lancaster	Armidale	New South Wales	80	1st
P. E.	Norwood	Campbells	Victoria	75	2nd
Percy A.	Jenkin	Ivanhoe	Victoria	70	3rd
C.	Mitchell	Sydney	New South Wales	68	Honourable Mention

Essay: Scientific Subject - "The Scientific Problems Connected with Closer Settlement in Australia"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
C.	Blazey	Rutherglen	Victoria	90	1st
Charles	Daley	Caulfield	Victoria	86	2nd
M.	Fahey	North Geelong	Victoria	81	3rd
W. W.	Tapley	Wayville	South Australia	80	Honourable Mention

Essay: "The Centenary of British and American Peace"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Charles	Daley	Caulfield	Victoria	95	1st
J. A.	Atkinson	Coburg	Victoria	90	2nd
M.	Fahey	North Geelong	Victoria	85	3rd
Percy E.	Morwood	Camberwell	Victoria	80	Honourable Mention

Essay: "Self-Control"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Placing
James A.	Wilkie	Ballarat	Victoria	1st
W. T.	Hiatt	Nurmurkah	Victoria	2nd
Miss L.	Rudkin	Gilberton	Victoria	3rd
T. L.	Fulton	Kew	Victoria	Honourable Mention

Essay: "The Greatest of all the Facts of Human Life - The Human Mind"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
J. D. G.	Roxburgh	Dunolly	Victoria	97	1st
G. M.	Wilson	Mile End	Victoria	96	2nd
Emma	Styant-Browne	Launceston	Tasmania		3rd
Richard	Truran	North Fitzroy	Victoria		Honourable Mention

Essay: "The Influence of the Achievement of National Independence on the Scot's Character and its contributions to the Development of the British Empire"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
A. S.	Buchanan	Wycheproof	Victoria	85	1st
James A.	Wilkie	Ballarat	Victoria	74	2nd
M.	Fahey	North Geelong	Victoria		3rd

Essay: "No License - Would the Securing of the coming into Law in Victoria, 1917, be Beneficial?"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
W. J.	Sleeman	Brunswick	Victoria	95	1st
R.	Truran	North Fitzroy	Victoria	90	2nd
M.	Fahey	North Geelong	Victoria	88	3rd
Annie	Carr	Frankston	Victoria	86	Honourable Mention
"Philanthropist"				86	Honourable Mention
A.	Miller	Bendigo	Victoria	86	Honourable Mention

Original Tale

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Miss A. M.	Lane	Hobart	Tasmania	90	1st
M.	Forrest	Brisbane	Queensland	85	2nd
Beatrice	Parsons	Malvern	Victoria	80	3rd
R. G.	Campbell	Wonthaggi	Victoria	70	Honourable Mention
J. D.	Corbett	Fairfield	Victoria	70	Honourable Mention

"Australian National Anthem" (words) A prize for the music will be given in 1915

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
M.	Forrest	Brisbane	Queensland	90	1st
T. H.	Templeton	Yea	Victoria	85	2nd
A. G.	Malgraith	Lismore	New South Wales	80	3rd
M. H. K.	Robb	Camberwell	Victoria	75	Honourable Mention
Lilian	Barrett	Perth	Western Australia	75	Honourable Mention

Original Poem

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Mrs. E.	Eddy	Bendigo	Victoria	90	1st
Bessie	Griffin	Brunswick	Victoria	85	2nd
J. M.	Jopling	North Sydney	New South Wales	80	3rd
A. G.	Malgraith	Lismore	New South Wales	78	Honourable Mention

Australian Story

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Placing
Miss R.	Parsons	Malvern	Victoria	1st
A. E.	Highfield	Brisbane	Queensland	2nd
M.	Kealy	Malmsbury	Victoria	3rd
A.	Eaveman	Ormley	Victoria	Honourable Mention
"Wengaealand"				Honourable Mention

Essay: "The Value of Observation" (open to those under 21 years)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Bessie	Threadgill	North Adelaide	South Australia	98	1st
G. A.	Cordner	Kew	Victoria	97	2nd
May	Dunn	North Bundaberg	Queensland	92	3rd
E. M. H.	Jensen	Ulverstone	Tasmania	85	Honourable Mention