Christys Gully Kangaroos and Eels

Summary: A long rock platform above Christys Gully, which has multiple Aboriginal engravings including eels and kangaroos.

  • Site type: Rock engraving, Water Hole
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Eel, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1960
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/3 S3 (Mt White)
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 5/3 Series 3 (Mooney Mooney-Mt White), p.34

Documented by Ian Sim in 1960 as a series of three sites, this long rock platform above Christys Gully has a number of Aboriginal engravings representing local fauna.

IMG 1208 LR Christys Gully Kangaroos and Eels

The engraving includes three eels, which are the most distinct of all the figures. One of them is larger than the others.

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IMG 1210 LR Christys Gully Kangaroos and Eels

The other two eels are swimming in a line above three small potholes.

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The kangaroos a re fairly weathered and harder to see.

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IMG 1216 LR Christys Gully Kangaroos and Eels

One of the figures mat be an animal, or a club.

IMG 1209 LR Christys Gully Kangaroos and Eels

There are a number of grooved channels along the platform.

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