Frank Wright was a renown resident of Smeaton, where he was born on 2 August 1901. He lived at Laura Villa, and attended Smeaton State School. His father William was a gold miner and his mother's name was Sarah. Their family won many singing and instrumental awards. Frank was tutored by Percy Code and was awarded a gold medal for the highest marks in the ALCM examinations in the British Colonies at the age of seventeen years. He became the Australian Open Cornet Champion by the age of eighteen. A year later, Frank conducted the City of Ballarat Band, and later the Ballarat Soldiers’ Memorial Band. He formed the Frank Wright Frisco Band and Frank Wright and his Coliseum Orchestra. These bands won many South Street awards, and Frank as conductor won many awards in the Australian Band Championship contest. In 1933 Frank Wright sailed to England to conduct the famous St Hilda’s Band and was later appointed Musical Director of the London County Council, where he organized many amazing concerts in parks, in and around the London district. He was made Professor of Brass and Military Band Scoring and conducted at the Guildhall of Music and Drama. Frank was often invited to adjudicate Brass Band Championships around Europe, in Australia, including South Street and in New Zealand. The Frank Wright Medal at the Royal South Street competition is awarded to an individual recognized as making an outstanding contribution to brass music in Australia.4 pages of handwritten notes by Frank Wright. Page 1 contains a 'Speech of welcome to Joan Hammond when she was resented with the Sir Charles Santley Award by the Worshipful Company of Musicians' on 8 July 1970. The final three pages are a report by Frank as the Chairman of the Committee to the Court of the Worshipful Company of Musicians at the same meeting.All handwritten notes.frank wright, speech notes, joan hammond, worshipful company of musicians, composer, conductor

A Scrap book from newspaper articles of various females of interest to Jean Dunsmuir started in 1953Newspaper articles from 1953 onwards in the form of a scrap bookspiral bound, cardboard covered sketch bookOn cover; Spirax No 578 Sketch Book - Jean C. Dunsmuir Repatriation Hospital Heidelberg West jean dunsmuir, heidelberg repatriation hospital, joan hammond, juan jose castro, sister mavis hannah, sister wilma oram, lesley davis, sister jessie doyle, vivian statham, sister vivian bullwinkel, lynette kierce, jennifer laycock, kathleen ferrier, a. noy, m. holden, a. syer, b. jeffry, virginia paris, shirley strickland, maureen connolly, marjorie jackson, winsome cripps, jean sedgman, heather menzies, jean brooks, janine bishop, susanne ricketts

This book was part of the Frank Wright Collection. His early tutor, Percy Code, is mentioned in the book. Percy Code was senior conductor of the ABC, and commenced his musical career as a violinist but transferred his musical talent to the trumpet.Red hard covered book of 197 pages, and a number of black and white images. The book contains the following chapters: - 1. A Century and a Half of Music 2. Music of the Australian Aborigine 3. Personally Speaking 4. Biographical sketches (Amy Sherwin, Ada Crossley, Nellie Stewart, Melba, W.A. Laver, Alberto Zelman, Amy Castles, Peter Dawson, Percy Grainger, Hohn Lemmone, John Amadio, Horace Stevens, Evelyn Scotney (born Ballarat), Una Bourne, Browning Mummery, Daisy Kennedy, Essie Ackland, Dorothy Helmrich, Florence Austral, Bernard heinze, Harold Williams, Arnold Matters, Lauri kennedy, Gladys Moncrief, John Brownlee, John Dudley (born Ballarat), Marjorie Lawrence, Alan Eddy, Eileen Joyce, Joan Hammond, Nancy Weir, Noel Mewton-Wood, Raymond O'connell) 5. Australian Composers (May Brahe, Margaret Sutherland, Roy Agnew, Horace Gleeson, William G. James, Alfred Hill, Frank Hutchins, Lindley Evans, Horace Keats) 6. The Men with the Baton (G. Marhsall-Hall, Henri Verbruggen, Slapoffski, Fritz Hart, , Arundel Orchard, Edgar Bainton, Alberto Zelman, Bernard Heinze, Percy Code (Ballarat), William Cade, Joseph Post, John Farnsworth Hall) 7. Broadcasting in Australia 8. Violin Makers in Australia 9. Life in a Symphony Orchestra Appendices a. Choral Societies of Australia b. Doctors of Music c. A Selection of Records of Australian Composition. frank wright, percy code, music, bernard heinze, zelman, alberto zelman, joseph north, j.w. dawson, louis hattenbach, didgeridoo, nellie stewart, harold williams, lauri kennedy, tarczynski, nelson oliver, william dolphin, radio, new number

The first international Australian Women's Golf Championship was held August to September 1935 at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria. Visiting players from England, Scotland and Ireland dominated the competition. British golfers included Pamela Barton, Phyllis Wade, Jessie Anderson, Mrs Walter Greenlees and Mrs J B Walker. Australian competitors included Katherine Rymill, Betty Nankivell, Betty Sale (MBE), Janet Gardiner, Leonora Wray (MBE), Mrs Sloan Morpeth (née Susie Tolhurst), Mrs Clive Robinson (née Christina “Nin” McMaster), Joan Hood Hammond (DBE CMG), Mrs T S McKay (née Odette Lefebvre) and Mona Macleod. Mrs J B Walker of Britain defeated Mrs Sloan Morpeth of Victoria in the final, before a gallery of 2,000, mostly women. golf, royal melbourne golf club, women golfers, 1930-1939golf, royal melbourne golf club, women golfers, 1930-1939

Women’s Golf Championship In August 1935, the Australian Women’s Golf Championship was held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, featuring visiting British golfers Pamela Barton, Phyllis Wade, Jessie Anderson, Mrs Walter Greenlees and Mrs J B Walker. Australian competitors included Katherine Rymill, Betty Nankivell, Betty Sale (MBE), Janet Gardiner, Leonora Wray (MBE), Mrs Sloan Morpeth (née Susie Tolhurst), Mrs Clive Robinson (née Christina “Nin” McMaster), Joan Hood Hammond (DBE CMG), Mrs T S McKay (née Odette Lefebvre) and Mona Macleod. Mrs J B Walker of Britain defeated Mrs Sloan Morpeth of Victoria in the final, before a gallery of 2,000, mostly women. The women watch on… 18 year-old Miss Pamela Barton of England is teeing off at the ninth hole, watched by her competitor Miss Janet Gardiner of Queensland and a gallery of intensely focussed spectators. Both women went on to have diverse, non-sporting careers. During the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, Pam Barton (1917-1943) drove ambulances before joining the WAAF as a radio operator. Later she gained a commission as a Flight Officer in command of a staff of 600. In 1943, Pam was killed instantly when the RAF plane piloted by her unofficial fiancée crashed in heavy weather. The Pam Barton Memorial Salver is awarded to the winner of the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. The inscription reads “In Affectionate Memory of Pam Barton”. During WWII, Janet Gardiner (Mrs Jobson-Scott, 1907-1987) began manufacturing liquid hosiery at the Red Cross Link rooms as a fundraiser. Donated oyster bottles were used and they charged 2/6 for four ounces. However, in April 1942, in a broadcast to the women of Australia, the Minister for War Organisation of Industry, Mr Dedman, announced that leg make-up preparations were now a prohibited item. They contained titanium oxide, an essential ingredient in the manufacture of paints used for camouflaging military equipment. Other items of a woman’s “battle array” such as nail lacquer, some creams and suntan lotions were also banned as they contained ingredients used in munitions and medical supplies. Featured in "Newsworthy: Melbourne in photographs 1933-1936" exhibition at East Melbourne Library, October to December 2023. Exhibition caption by project volunteer, Fiona Collyer. Published: The Age 30 August 1935 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF AT ROYAL MELBOURNE (1935, August 30). The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), p. 35. Retrieved October 10, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article277093639Photographer notations on slide: "Vic Women's Ch'ship 1935 B98".golf, women golfers, royal melbourne golf club

Life members of the Leopold Tennis Club in recognition for the dedication and commitment.Large wooden board with gold letteringLeopold Tennis Club Life Members Mr J.E. McKay Mr A. Scott Mrs R.M. Hammond Mr K.A. Hammond Mrs J.K. Stacey Mr A.J. Jinks Mrs P.C. O'Hara Mr A.J. Palmer Mrs M.W. Palmer Mrs P. Wheeler Mr R. Wheeler Mr R. Sofio Mr K. Flavell Mrs W. Hainsworth Mrs B. Garfoot Mrs A.M. Hoare Mrs J. Colegraveleopold tennis club, j mckay, a scott, ken hammond, r hammond, judy stacey, clare o'hara, a palmer, m palmer, p wheeler, wendy hainsworth, betty garfoot, anne-maree hoare, joan colegrave, ray sofio, robert wheeler, allan jinks, ken flavell