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The E W Benham Prize for English Literature

(UNDER REVIEW)

The late Edward Warner Benham having expressed a desire that the University should use such part of his bequest to the University as it saw fit to provide annual prizes in English literature and British political history it is hereby provided as follows:

1. Two prizes each of the value of $200, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty, shall be available for award each year subject to clause 5 below.
2. One such prize shall be known as "The E W Benham Prize for English Literature" and the other as "The E.W. Benham Prize for History".
3. The E.W. Benham Prize for English Literature shall be awarded for the best thesis which deals with literature written in the English language and which has been submitted during the preceding calendar year for the degree of Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Adelaide.
4. The E W Benham Prize for History shall be awarded for the best thesis submitted during the preceding calendar year for a degree of Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Adelaide dealing with an aspect or period of the history of Britain or of a country whose political and legal history derives from that of Britain.
5. Whether a thesis is to be considered for an award of a prize shall be determined by the Head of the Department to which the thesis was submitted. In neither case shall a prize be awarded unless in the opinion of the Head of Department a thesis of sufficient merit has been submitted.
6. These rules may be varied from time to time but the general purpose of the prizes shall not be changed.