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R6.61 - ERNEST SCOTT PRIZE
Recitals-
- Emily Scott desiring to perpetuate the memory of her husband Emeritus
Professor Sir Ernest Scott Knight Bachelor for twenty?three years
professor of History in the University and to commemorate his interest
in the development of Australian historical studies, gave in her lifetime
the sum of £2,010 for the purpose of founding a prize and by her will
bequeathed the sum of £2,000 to augment the endowment.
- The sum of £4,010 increased to $61,653 at 31 December 1994.
It is provided as follows-
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The sum of $61,653 and
any accumulations and additions to the sum form a fund called
the 'Ernest Scott Prize' ('the fund') and the fund must be paid
into an investment pool and remain there until the Council directs
otherwise. |
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(1) |
The prize is of such value
as may be determined by the Council from time to time and is available
to be awarded annually unless the Council otherwise directs. |
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(2) |
The prize is awarded to a person who-
- is normally resident in Australia or New Zealand or the
respective external territories thereof;
- has not previously been awarded the prize more than once;
and
- is the author of a work published during the two calendar
years immediately preceding 1 January in the year in which
the prize is to be awarded which:
- is based upon original research in a subject related
to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history
of colonisation; and
- is, in the opinion of the examiners, the most distinguished
contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand
or to the history of colonisation published during the
period of two calendar years.
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(3) |
The prize may be awarded
in respect of a work by two or more joint authors. |
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(4) |
Published works may be
submitted for consideration before 1 March in the year in which
the prize is to be awarded but the examiners may consider works
other than those submitted. |
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(5) |
Published works, if submitted,
must be submitted in triplicate |
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The head of the department
of History must from time to time appoint two external examiners. |
| 4. |
The prize
must not be awarded if in the opinion of the examiners there is
no published work of sufficient merit. |
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When the examiners have awarded the prize and are unanimously
of the opinion that another published work-
- is the next most distinguished contribution to the history
of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation
published during the period of two calendar years;
- is a work of such outstanding quality as to merit special
recognition; and
- satisfies all the other requirements of this section
the Council may, if there is any unexpended income, award the
author such amount out of that unexpended income as the examiners
unanimously recommend.
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The Council
must decide all questions as to the eligibility of any candidate
to compete and its decision is final. |
[s. 2(1) am. 2/9/96, s. 2(1) am.,
ss. 3 and 5 subst. 5/3/01.]
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