The Rhodes Scholarship was first awarded in South Australia in 1904.
Since that time a total of 59 scholarships have been awarded to
University of Adelaide graduates – 30 of them to Arts students.
The Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences delegates authority to the Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music to award and administer all prizes and scholarships offered by the Conservatorium. The exception to this delegation is the approval of new prizes which rests with the Executive Dean of the Faculty.