The Australian mezzo-soprano Ada Beatrice Bloxham (1865–1956) was the inaugural winner (in 1883) of the Clarke Scholarship for a promising musician resident in the Colony of Victoria to study at the Royal College of Music in London. She was the first Australian to enrol at the Royal College of Music and to graduate as an Associate of the College in 1888, and she was the first woman to be awarded a Fellowship of the Tonic Sol-fa College, London, also in 1888. After a period teaching and performing in Japan (1893–1899), she married and lived variously in South Africa, England, and France, returning to Australia in 1927. Due most probably to her marriage and family responsibilities, she appears not to have achieved her full potential as a performer and teacher. Nevertheless, Bloxham is worthy of recognition as having gained success as a musician and educator both in her native Australia and abroad during her early and middle years, and as a pathfinder and role model for other women during the early years of their musical careers.

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澳大利亚女中音艾达·比阿特丽斯·布洛克瑟姆 (Ada Beatrice Bloxham)（1865-1956 年）是克拉克奖学金的首届获得者（1883 年），该奖学金授予一位居住在维多利亚殖民地的有前途的音乐家，并在伦敦皇家音乐学院学习。她是第一位入读皇家音乐学院并于 1888 年以学院副学士身份毕业的澳大利亚人，也是第一位在 1888 年获得伦敦 Tonic Sol-fa 学院奖学金的女性。在日本（1893-1899 年）进行了一段时间的教学和表演后，她在南非、英国和法国结婚和生活，并于 1927 年返回澳大利亚。很可能由于她的婚姻和家庭责任，她似乎没有实现她作为表演者和教师的全部潜力。尽管如此，