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Nicholson Museum

Quadrangle A14, The University Of Sydney NSW 2006
Australia's first University Museum, and the largest public collection of archaeological artefacts in the country, featuring objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, the Middle East and northern Europe; ranging from mummies, Roman sculptures and Greek vases. The Near Eastern Collection contains artefacts ranging in date from the Natufian to the Roman periods, and includes stone tools, pottery, and bronze and iron artefacts. The Egyptian Collection contains material from all periods of ancient Egyptian history, from the Neolithic and Predynastic to the Dynastic and to the later Greek and Roman periods. The Cypriot Collection is one of the most important outside Cyprus. The Classical Collection contains material from ancient Greece and Italy, and other parts of the Mediterranean influenced by those cultures. ...

Lyscriates Prize

Verbruggen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University Of Sydney NSW 2006
The Lyscriates Prize is a playwriting competition that provides opportunities to established writers and introduces new audiences to Australian theatre. The competition is open to professional playwrights, who submit the first act of a new play. The three finalists' entries then receive a week's rehearsal before a staged reading is held before an audience. The audience votes for the winner, who receives a full commission from Griffin (AUD12,500) to finish the play. The runners-up receive a cash prize of AUD1,000. The inaugural competition was a wonderful success, with Steve Rodgers' Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam winning first prize. The audience on the day was also delighted by staged readings of Lally Katz's Fortune, and Justin Fleming's The Literati. It was an opportunity to celebrate the diversity and strength of Australian playwriting at a time when building relationships between Arts organisations and the private sector has never been so important....