Blackfellows Head, Westleigh

Summary: Behind a row of houses is a large rock platform with a small number of engravings including fish and a kangaroo.

The Aboriginal engraving site at Blackfellow’s Head Spur was once a much bigger site, but some of it was destroyed by development and one group of engraving was relocated to Quarter Sessions Road. A few engravings remain behind a row of houses at the very bottom of Quarter Sessions Road.

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The largest engraving is of a kangaroo, which was described by McCarthy as “poorly drawn”.

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On the same section of rock as the kangaroo is a row of three fish.

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The three fish were described as “bream like” and are about two feet in length.

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Another figure is engraved nearby, which was not documented by McCarthy – it may be a later (fake) addition.

AWAT6195 LR Blackfellows Head, Westleigh

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