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Source: Mosman Library (Sydney)
Cheer-Oh Girls Cheer-Oh Girls i(8236161 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. Cheer Oh Girls' Patriotic Revue Company)
Born: Established: 1916 Mosman, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1928
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BiographyHistory

Formed in Mosman, Sydney by Mrs Bennett White (aka Meta Hayter) as a means of raising funds for patriotic appeals, the Cheer-Oh Girls was an amateur concert party comprising around seven to ten women. Its debut was given at Mosman Town Hall on 10 November 1916. White remained with the troupe throughout its lifetime. Other long-serving members were Dorrie Ward, Thora Wood and Edith Dickenson (accompanist).

The performers identified todate were: Edith Angel, Amy Bice, Marjorie Cheffins, Kathleen Daniel, Edith Dickinson, Beatrice Edmunds, Gertrude Edmunds, Irene Edmunds, Edna Fenner, Gwladys Fimister, Bobbie Garrard, Grace Harris, Gladys Mitchell, Mrs Victor Morse, Miss Jack Neil, Molly Raynor, Nan Reay, Violet Roberts, Madge Roberts, Rene Ross, Nell Sedgeley, Sadie Tilburn, Joan Walford, Dorrie Ward, Mrs Bennett White, Una Wilson, Thora Wood.

The Cheer-Oh Girls retained its connection with Mosman (many of the artists lived there) while undertaking numerous engagements and tours throughout Sydney and regional New South Wales. Molly Raynor (1921-26) later carved out a successful career as stage and film actress in Australia and the UK.

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Notes

  • Several other similarly-named all-female troupes are known to have been active during the war years. One of these, also known as Tighe’s Hill Cheer-Oh Girls, was based in Newcastle ca. 1919. New Zealand newspaper, The Dominion records that another Cheer-Oh Girls was presenting entertainments in Wellington ca. 1917 (15 November 1917, p.2). Mrs Bennett White also established another Cheer-Oh Girls concert party in 1940.

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