Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Museum

Museum of Antiquities, University of New England

Armidale, Australia

Museum in Armidale; part of University of New England. 1 person in the register connected with it.

The Cypriot collection

Holds Cypriot artefacts, among the Australian institutions with Cypriot material (listed by Barker). Includes Cypriot graffito and medieval glazed ceramics collected by James Stewart. (2012)

Barker 2012, p. 12Barker 2012, p. 66

History

  1. 1960s – 1970s
    Basil Hennessy, after Jerusalem (1966-70) holding visiting positions at Sydney and the University of New England before taking the Sydney chair in 1973, later donated Cypriot artefacts to the museum (also to Melbourne and the Nicholson).

    Basil HennessyBarker 2012, p. 33Powell 2013, p. 264

  2. Undated
    Cypriot graffito and medieval glazed ceramics collected by James Stewart are in the museum (alongside the Nicholson and the National Gallery of Victoria).

    James Rivers Barrington StewartBarker 2012, p. 66

People

1 person

Donors and lenders · 1

Objects

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.Craig Barker (2012). Aphrodite's Island: The Cypriot Collection of the Nicholson Museum. Sydney, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney.
  2. 2.Judy Powell (2013). Love's Obsession: The Lives and Archaeology of Jim and Eve Stewart. Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press.