Calga Kangaroo

Summary: Weathered Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo (and two grinding grooves) above Peats Ridge Road at Calga.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1976
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 4/12
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 4/12 (Calga-Peats Ridge) p.26

On a long series of rock platforms above Peats Ridge Road in Calga is a single, weathered kangaroo engraving.

1X3A7594 LR Calga Kangaroo

The site was recorded by Ian Sim, who noted both the Aboriginal engraving and some axe grinding grooves.

1X3A7592 LR Calga Kangaroo

Two axe grinding grooves are located at the northern end of the platform,

1X3A7602 LR Calga Kangaroo
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