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Venue

11 Dodonia Gardens, City Beach - Iwan Iwanoff
24 Highway Nedlands (renamed Kingsway)
ANZAC House
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Basil Kirke Studio
Broadcast House
Burswood Dome
Capitol Theatre
City Beach Primary School
Dodonia Gardens City Beach
Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Kings Park
Fremantle Town Hall
Fremantle Town Hall
Geraldton Town Hall
Girls' Orphanage, Adelaide Terrace
Government House Ballroom, Perth
His Majesty's Theatre
Home of Peace, Hamersley Road Subiaco
King's Hall Subiaco
Kings Park
Kings Park Tennis Club
Lawley Ladies' College
Leederville Town Hall
Melrose Theatre
Mt Lawley Tennis Club
Mt Lawley Tennis Club
Muckadilla
Nedland's Baths
North Cottesloe Beach
North Perth Town Hall
Octagon Theatre
Orchestral Shell, Supreme Court Gardens
Parkerville Amphitheatre
Perth Children's Hospital
Perth Concert Hall
Perth Entertainment Centre
Perth Technical School
Perth Town Hall
Perth Zoo
Quarry Amphitheatre
R.S.L. Hall
Safety Bay - Chayter family holiday house
Soldiers' Institute
Somerville Auditorium
Tivoli Luxor
University of W.A. Refectory
West's Theatre
White City
Winthrop Hall
Y.A.L. Building and Ballroom

Organisation

1918 Subiaco Eisteddfod
A Cappela Choir, U.W.A.
Alberni String Quartet
Arensky String Quartet
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Australian Music Examinations Board
Australian Youth Orchestra - National Music Camp
Bill Harrison's Dance Band
Cadets
Caledonian Pipe Band
Churchill Fellowship
Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Western Australia
Diana Waldron Ballet Academy
Doreen D’Arcy’s Orchestra
Jazstars
Linley Wilson School of Dancing
Miss Western Australia Quest
Musica Antiqua
Oriel Quartet
Perth Chamber Brass
Perth Festival; Festival of Perth; PIAF
Perth Trumpet Trio
R.S.L.
R.S.L. Band
Rainbow Pierrots
Royal Australian Air Force Band
Sandover Medal
Scouts
Southern Serenaders
Subiaco Football Club
Sunshine League
The Five Saints
W.A. Choral Society
West Australian Ballet
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
West Australian Youth Orchestra
West Side Jazz Group
Western Australian Opera Company
White City Orchestra
Wigmore Ensemble
Y.A.L. Young Australia League
Y.M.C.A.

Event

1950 Adult Education Board Tours
ANZAC Mounted Division Band Palestine
Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto - first W.A. performance
Battle of the Bands competition
Blackwood
Concerto and Vocal / Instrumental and Vocal Competition / Young Performers Awards - A.B.C.
Copland Clarinet Concerto — Australian Premiere
Dame Joan Sutherland
Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Saxophone - same performance
Dizzy Fingers — Multi-Track Clarinet Recording
Gordon Jacob’s Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Strings - Australian premiere
Grand Dance Carnival — White City
Howard Ferguson's Octet for Wind and Strings - Australian Premiere
Jazz Jamboree
Jazz Symphony - 1949
Jumping Joeys
Mirth and Music
National Fair competition
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Romance for Harmonica and Orchestra - Australian premiere
Richard Strauss Duet concertino for clarinet and bassoon - Australian Premiere
Rottnest Easter 1952
Search For Talent competition
Symphony in Swing - 1950 - “Clarinet a la King” as played by Benny Goodman
The Awakening of Australia Concert 1921
WASO Singapore Tour
World War I
World War II

Sources

A Tale of Twin Cities
Albury Wodonga: The Chosen City
Ancestry
Art and Aria: Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Western Australian Opera Company
Australian War Memorial
Bisset, Andrew, Black Roots White Flowers
Corryong and the “Man from Snowy River” District
Early Days of the Upper Murray
Esperance Yesterday and Today
Friday Mount
From Where I Sit by Jack Brymer
Gallipoli to Tripoli
Grieve, Ray, A Band in a Waistcoat Pocket, (Currency Press, 1995).
Harrison Family Archive
Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia
Identity Prized: A History of Subiaco
Jack Harrison scrapbooks
King, Ivan, Screen and Stars, (The West Australian Newspapers Limited)
Marcia Chayter Diaries
Sacks, Margaret, The Way 79 Who is Who, (Crawley Publishers Pty Ltd, 1979).
State Library of Western Australia
Swan River Pioneers
Symphony Australia 1987: the Concert Yearbook
THE ARCHITECTURE OF IWAN IWANOFF by Warren Anderson
The Art of Architecture: The Architectural Drawings of Iwan Iwanoff
The Art of Clarinetistry
The First Hundred Years
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918
The Sixties
The Sunday Times — 13 March 1960
The West Australian - newspaper
The West Australian — 10 March 1962
Touches of Sweet Harmony: Music in The University of Western Australia 1953 – 1998
Town of Cambridge: Local Studies
Trove
Virtual War Memorial Australia
West Australian Symphony Orchestra Celebrating 75 Years
Western Australian State Living Treasures
Westlake, Don, From Me to You: The Life and Times of Clive Amadio, (Bowerbird Press, 1999).
Weston, Pamela, Clarinet Virtuosi of Today, (Egon,1989).
William Boissevain: A Passion for Colour
WWI War Diaries of William Edward Harrison

Instrument

Announcer
Architect
Arranger
Artist
Author
Bagpipes
Band leader
Banjo
Bass
Bassoon
Bugle
Caricature artist
Cello
Choral director
Clarinet
Compere
Composer
Conductor
Cornet
Dancer
Double Bass
Drums
Flute
French Horn
Guitar
Harmonica
Harp
Harpsichord
Journalist
Mandolin
Oboe
Orchestra
Percussion
Photographer
Piano
Piano Accordion
Piccolo
Saxophone
Soprano
String Quartet
String Trio
Timpani
Trombone
Trumpet
Ukelele
Vibraphone
Viola
Violin
Vocalist

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Edna Kerr

September 24, 2026

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