Memorials

Many of the University's endowed scholarships and prizes have been established by gifts and donations in memory of former staff and graduates of the University.

These endowments hold in perpetuity the memory of those who came before us, those who gave so much to the University and formed many warm friendships with students and staff.

Constance Margaret Eardley Memorial Fund

In 1980, friends, colleagues and former students in the Department of Botany and the Adelaide University Graduates’ Union, paid to the University $4,000 to establish a fund in memory of the late Constance Margaret Eardley, a member of the academic staff of the Department of Botany 1933-71. Read more...

Chapman Memorial Scholarship

In 1948, £1,400 (approx) was donated to the University to establish a scholarship in memory of James Chapman and of his sons Stirling and Rodney Chapman. Read more...

Archibald Grenfell Price Prize in Geography

Established in 1957 by a donation of £110 from St Mark's College Club in memory of Sir Archibald Grenfell Price, Master of the College from its foundation in 1925 until his retirement in January 1957. Read more...

John Robert Mitchell Violin Prize

In 1979, the Executor of an anonymous deceased donor, gave $300 to the University. According to the Will of the donor, the capital was to be invested and the income used to support an annual prize of books or music to the person adjuged by the Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music as the most outstanding senior violin student. Read more...

Natalia Davies Prize

In 1951, Miss Amylis I Laffer gave £400 to the University to perpetuate the memory of Miss Natalia Davies, who was for more than twenty years a teacher of outstanding merit in the Education Department of South Australia. Read more...

John Howard Clark Prize and Scholar

The oldest endowed Prize at the University is the John Howard Clark Prize established in 1880 by funds received for the purpose of establishing a fund to perpetuate the name of John Howard Clark (1830-1878). Read more...

The Maude Puddy Prize for Piano

In 1954, £500 was paid to the University by a committee of former students of Maude Puddy, a teacher of pianoforte at the Elder Conservatorium from 1919 to 1949, to establish a scholarship in piano in her honour. Read more....

The Hartley Prize

In 1896, £600 was raised by public subscription to establish a studentship in memory of the late John Anderson Hartley, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1893 until his death in 1896. Read more...

Ruth Heighway Memorial Prize and Medal

In 1964, £676 was raised by subscription from friends and colleagues of Dr Frieda Ruth Heighway, MD, FRCOG, for the purpose of endowing a prize in obstetrics at the University to perpetuate her memory. Read more...

Shorney Medal and Prize

In 1941, Mabel Shorney bequeathed £1,000 to the University in memory of her late brother Herbert Frank Shorney, Lecturer in Ophthalmology from 1926 to 1933. Read more...

K P Barley Prize

In 1977, donations were made to the University from family, friends and former students of the late Keith Percival J. Barley, Reader in Agronomy in the University of Adelaide from 1955 to 1975 for the purpose of founding a prize in his memory. Read more...

The Thornber Prize

In 1925, the old scholars of the Unley Park School subscribed £450 which they collected from amongst their members in memory of Catherine Maria Thornber, who was for many years Principal of that school. Read more...

The Archibald Mackie Prize

In 1915, the South Australian Commercial Travellers' & Warehousemen's Association Incorporated paid to the University £100 to establish a bursary in memory of Archibald Mackie, a former Secretary of the Association. Read more...

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