Christys Gully Two Men

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving along the Christys Gully Firetrail on the Central Coast with two back-to-back male profile figures.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1960
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/3 S2 (Mt White)
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 5/3 Series 2 (Mooney Mooney-Mt White), p.34

First documented by Ian Sim in 1960, this Aboriginal engraving site is one of several in a series that includes fish, kangaroos an echidna and a wombat.

IMG 1182 LR enhanced Christys Gully Two Men

The two men are back-to-back and in profile; both are about the same size.

IMG 1175 LR Christys Gully Two Men
IMG 1178 LR Christys Gully Two Men

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