Brooklyn Dam Fish

Summary: Above a small waterfall near Brooklyn Dam are Aboriginal engravings of a fish and wallaby (or kangaroo), and some water channels in the creek bed.

Above a small waterfall near Brooklyn Dam are an Aboriginal engraving of a fish and a wallaby. The fish is the most clear engraving of the two figures, being less exposed to water flowing over it.

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The wallaby or kangaroo is not as distinct; its head and neck are very weathered.

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Below the waterfall, there are holes bored into the vertical rock face.

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A long section part of the creekbed below the falls is rock.

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Along one of these sections there are grooves or water channels in the bedrock.

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