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.
[2] 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.