Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings

Summary: Two adjacent Aboriginal engraving sites on a remote Canoelands ridge; they include multiple boomerangs, shields and kangaroos.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 14
  • Motif/s: Boomerang, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo, Shield
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1980

A long platform on a remote Canoelands ridge has over ten Aboriginal engravings clustered in two groups.

IMG 5045 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings

The first group contains a group of two shields and two boomerangs.

IMG 5036 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings
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IMG 5040 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings

A small wallaby is next to another boomerang.

IMG 5017 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings
IMG 5020 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings

A larger wallaby (or kangaroo) is next to a shield, which has two transverse lines.

IMG 5027 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings
IMG 5022 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings

It’s not clear what this figure represents; possibly another wallaby.

IMG 5029 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings

This indeterminate figure is unusual both in its design, and the series of peck marks that forms the figure.

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The second group may represent a kangaroo hunt; this group of engravings consists of a kangaroo and three boomerangs.

IMG 5093 LR Canoelands Layburys Ridge Engravings
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