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Prizes
Search below prizes on offer for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Bundey Prize for English Verse
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For the best poem or poems
Greek News Prize -
For most outstanding
Level III
student in Modern Greek
Elder Conservatorium of Music
Adelaide Choral Society Prize
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In recognition of the recipient's contribution to choral or ensemble work in performance, singing, conducting or composition
Lucy Josephine Bagot Prize
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For the greatest ability in the
performance
of an approved operatic aria, plus
knowledge
of the opera concerned
Iris M. Colly Prize
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or the best public performance of a sonata for violin and pianoforte
Florence Cooke Violin Prize
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For the violin
Dr Ruby Davy Prize for Composition
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Based on the results of the composition courses in the undergraduate degree
H. Brewster Jones Prize
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For the submission of a a meritorious composition
Ross Macdonald Prize
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For completion of all requirements in Brass (Performance I) and who has obtained the highest final mark at Credit level or above
Brisbane Matthews Pianoforte Prize
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To a classical pianoforte student in the Bachelor of Music
John Robert Mitchell Violin Prize
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To the most outstanding senior violin student in the Elder Conservatorium
Robert Whinham Prize
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For participation in an opera
Clement Q. Williams Prize
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For the greatest ability and understanding in the performance of an approved programme of German lieder
Elizabeth Matthews Prize for Woodwind
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For a full-time student in flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon or saxophone in the Bachelor of Music
School of Humanities
Classics
James Gartrell Prize -
For attainment of the highest mark in a Classical Studies subject
JJ Bray Prize -
For attainment of the highest mark in a Level 1 Classical Studies course, excluding ancient language courses
Barony of Ithaka Prize -
To the most meritorious student in an Advanced Level Greek Cultural Studies course (courses taken from
Ancient Greek Medicine, Afterlife and Underworld, Classical Mythology and Ancient Philosophy
)
Constantinos and Polymnia Moraïtis Prize -
For attainment of the highest mark in Advanced Level Greek Archaeology / Greek History courses
Australian Archaeology Prize -
For attainment of the highest overall mark in an Advanced Level archaeology course
Emilia Karrangis Prize -
For attainment of the highest mark at Honours level in Greek Archaeology/Greek History
English/Creative Writing
Byard/Tormore Prize for English I -
For achievement / best results in a Level I English course
Byard/Tormore Essay Prize for English I -
For achievement / best results in a Level I English essay
Sir Archibald Strong Memorial Prize for Literature -
For highest results in Advanced Level English courses
Brian Elliott Prize for Australia Literary Studies -
For best results in
Australian literary studies
subjects at Advanced Level
Edith Hubbe and Harriet Cook Prize -
For highest results in Advanced Level English courses
Colin Horne Memorial Prize -
For best study or essay on a
poet or aspect of poetry
in English
Mares-Eaden Prize for Shakespearean and Early Modern English Literary Studies -
For best undergraduate essay or Honours thesis in
Shakespearean and Early Modern English Literary Studies
Vera May Swift Prize for Advanced Level English -
For the three best students of Advanced Level English courses who accept an offer into
Honours English or the M.Phil
Vera May Swift Prize for Honours English -
For writing the best Honours English thesis
John Howard Clark Prize -
For the student with the most outstanding BA Hons results in the Discipline of English and Creative Writing who elects to take postgraduate studies in these areas
E W Benham Prize for English Literature -
For the best thesis which deals with
literature written in the English language
JM Coetzee Prize -
For the student who has written the best piece of writing in Honours English or Creative Writing who elects to take postgraduate studies in these areas
European Studies
European Union Prize for European Studies -
For highest academic merit in a level II European Studies subject
French
Christine Horton Prize -
For highest academic merit in French IA
Hope Crampton Prize for French -
Prize awarded to the student who having passed with distinction, has shown the highest academic merit in French I
Edith A Puddy Prize -
For highest academic merit amongst the candidates who pass with distinction in French II
M Rees George Memorial Prize -
For highest academic merit in French IIA and one prize for highest academic merit in French IIIA
Violet de Mole Prize in French -
For highest academic merit in level III French
J G Cornell Prize for French -
For highest academic merit in Honours French
German
Goethe Institut Prize for German Studies -
For the top student in German Studies in Levels I, II and II (Beginner's stream)
Weimar-Ohlstrom Prizes -
For the highest marks in German Studies I and German Studies II
Brian Coghlan Prize -
For the highest academic merit in Level III German Studies and who accepts an offer into
Honours
in German Studies or combined with another discipline
Latin
Andrew Scott Prize for Latin -
For the highest mark in Latin subjects at undergraduate or Honours level
Hazel Nankivell Prize -
For the highest mark in Latin I
Robin Lea Roberts Honours Prize for Roman/Latin Studies -
For the highest mark at
Honours level
in Roman / Latin studies
Philosophy
C B Martin Prize for Level One Philosophy -
For the highest average mark in their two best Level I Philosophy courses
C B Martin Prize for a Philosophy Major -
For the highest average mark in Philosophy courses completed for a Philosophy major
Professor Sir William Mitchell Prize for Honours Philosophy -
For the student in Honours Philosophy who obtains a
first class Honours degree
and is placed
highest
in order of merit
Professor Sir William Mitchell Essay Prize -
For the best essay in any
Advanced Level
Philosophy course
School of Social Sciences
Chinese
Sylvia Chan Prize for Chinese Studies
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Prizes awarded annually by the Centre for Asian Studies to three students (third and second year)
Confucius Institute Prizes for Chinese Language Students
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For the most outstanding student in Chinese IA/IB, Chinese IIA/IIB or ISA/ISB, Chinese IIIA/IIIB or IISA/IISB
Confucius Institute Prizes for Chinese Language Students
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For the student demonstrating the highest level of commitment, enthusiasm and potential for mastering the Chinese language in Chinese IA/IB, Chinese IIA/IIB or ISA/ISB, Chinese IIIA/IIIB or IISA/IISB
Confucius Institute Prizes for Chinese Language Students
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For the student who has demonstrated excellent achievement and the highest level of commitment, enthusiasm and potential for mastering the Chinese language in Advanced Chinese A/B
Geography
Allison Nitschke Memorial Prize
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For the most outstanding overall result in
Level I
Geography
John Lewis Prize for Geography
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For the highest mark in
Level I
Geography
Charles Fenner Prize for Geography
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For the highest mark in
Advanced
Level
Geography
Archibald Grenfell Price Prize in Geography
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For the highest mark in
Advanced Level
Geography
Fay Gale Prize in Geography
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For the most outstanding overall result in
Advanced Level
Cultural, Indigenous and Human Geography courses for a Geography major
Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Prizes
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For the highest mark in
Advanced Level
Geography
Graham Lawton Prize for Geography
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For outstanding attainment in Geography (Honours)
Planning Institute of Australia Prize
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For the highest mark in
PLANNING 7029 Planning Professional Practice
by a Masters of Planning/Masters of Planning (Urban Design) student
Gender Studies
Lia Watson Memorial Prize
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For achievement at a consistently high level in both Level II and Level III Gender Studies
YWCA of Adelaide Prize in Women's Studies
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For the most outstanding student in Level I Gender Studies course(s)
Zonta Club of Adelaide Prize for Gender Studies
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For the most outstanding student in Level II Gender Studies
Soroptimist International Prize for Gender Studies
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For the most outstanding student in Level III Gender Studies
Business and Professional Women Prize
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For the most outstanding student in Honours Gender Studies
School of History & Politics
History
Natalia Davies Prize
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For the most meritorious student in
first-year History
George Cockburn Henderson Prize
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For the best essay in an
Advanced Level
History course
Lynda Tapp Prize in History
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For attainment of the highest mark in an
Advanced Level
History course
Lynda Tapp Prize in History
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For the best essay in an
Advanced Level
History course
Lynda Tapp Prize in Honours History
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For the best Honours History thesis
E W Benham Prize for History
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For the best thesis submitted for Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy dealing with an aspect or period of the history of Britain or of a country whose political and legal history derives from Britain
Frederick S Zuckerman Prize
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For the best essay or thesis as part of either undergraduate or honours study on a topic relating to Russian History
Frederick S Zuckerman Prize
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For the best essay or thesis as part of either undergraduate or honours study on a topic relating to the History of the Holocaust
Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
David Mattingley Australian Institute of International Affairs Prize
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For the best honours thesis in International Studies or Politics, on a topic dealing with
community development, justice issues or human rights
United Nations Prize
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For the best essay submitted for the course
International Studies (core topic)