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AuthorJohn MorcombeDateApril 2021DescriptionThe owner of The Manly Daily from 1921 to 1926 was Joe Trenerry, who was always seeking opportunities to promote both Manly and his newspaper. The art competition which led to the formation of the Manly Art Gallery and the annual Manly and District Song Competition being two of his more notable efforts.
All of the details of a double competition – for the lyrics and the music – were worked out well in advance and proved to be a huge success.
The poetry competition attracted hundreds of entries and the winning entry was then the basis of the music competition, setting the lyrics to music.
From this song books were created, with 30,000 printed for that first year alone.
SubjectsSingingCompetitionsManly Daily (Newspaper) - Publishers and publishingCopyrightThis item may be used freely for research and study purposes, for all other uses contact Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of John Morcombe.

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Manly Daily Song Books