South Australian Scholarship

The South Australian Scholarship of £200 for overseas study, tenable for four years, was awarded by the University of Adelaide from 1879 to 1886.

The recipients were:

A popular myth arose that the award carried a curse which Dr. R. S. Rogers, of Hutt Street, Adelaide, suspected lay behind its peremptory cancellation. Rogers believed the four tuberculosis victims contracted the disease in the small bed-sitting rooms which were allocated to overseas students. Rogers came equal first with Holder in the 1881 examination; they agreed to settle the tie with a supplementary examination at which Holder was successful and was drowned some five years later. Rogers went on to a successful career which culminated in his gaining a D.Sc. at the age of 74.

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