Summary: Rock outcrop in Canoelands (Marramarra NP) with a kangaroo, emu and fish engravings.
Art type/s: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 5
Motif/s: Emu, Fish, Kangaroo
Quality: 2/5
Condition of art: Weathered
Year first recorded: 2001
Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff
A rock outcrop in the Camoelands area of Marramarra National Park has a few weathered Aboriginal engravings. Near the end of the outcrop is a wallaby or kangaroo.
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