Eugene Stockton

Father Eugene Stockton
Born 1934 (age 8081)
Occupation Priest
Community worker
Archaeologist

Fr Eugene Stockton (born 1934) is a retired Catholic priest and archaeologist in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.[1]

Stockton grew up at Lawson in the Blue Mountains from the age of six, attended Sydney University, where he gained doctorates in theology and philosophy. He joined the staff of St Columba's College in 1962, and later travelled to Rome and the Middle East, obtained a licentiate in sacred scriptures in Rome, then taught philosophy in Cairo University, and participated in British-led archaeological excavations of biblical sites in Jericho.[1]

Returning to Australia, he lectured at the Springwood and Manly Catholic seminaries and undertook pastoral duties. He undertook archaeological excavations in the Blue Mountains at Kings Table Shelter Wentworth Falls, initially identifying a possible artefact in the Nepean gravels thought to be 40,000 years old, which was claimed to be the oldest human occupation in the Blue Mountains.[2]

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