Historical information
The Bendigo Competitions Society Inc. was originally started by a group of local traders – The Chamber of Commerce – a group of businessmen. 2024 marks the 98th Bendigo Competitions Society Annual Bendigo Eisteddfod.
Gwenllian Maude Dunstan
Born: Long Gully, 8 August 1911, daughter of Thomas Dunstan and Maude Jane James
Married: 1939, William James Rowe
Gwenllian Rowe died Bendigo, 18 March 2002
William James Rowe
Born: Long Gully, 1912, son of William James Rowe and Hilda May Goldsworthy
Railway employee.
William Rowe died Bendigo 24 June 1985.
Both are buried at Bendigo Cemetery; Quick Lawn, Section 1, Row 1. (No photograph available)
Physical description
Bendigo Musical, Literacy and Elocutionary Society Competitions Certificate 1932. Third prize awarded to Gwen Dunstan for Champion Solo, Ladies and Gents 16 and under 21. Signed by the President H. Woolcock and the Secretary. The rear side of the certificate has handwritten notes.
Six Bendigo Musical, Literary and Elocutionary Competition Awards
Judge’s Award Sheets for 1923, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931 and 1932.
Letter to Miss Dunstan notifying her that she had been included in the Annual Masonic Ball Debutante set in 1931. The chaperone for this event was Mrs G V Lansell.