Corrumbine Creek Firetrail Two Eels and Shield

Summary: Two eels at a small Aboriginal engraving site which was first documented by Ian Sim in 1969. Nearby are some deep axe grinding gooves.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Cave Painting, Rock engraving, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Eel, Hand, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1969
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 169 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig C

Ian Sim documented a number of Aboriginal engraving sites around the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail; one of the smaller sites above the firetrail has two eels. The first eels has a straight body.

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The second eel is a similar size, but has a curved body.

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Very close to the two eels, but only recorded much more recently is a fairly weathered shield which has two transverse lines.

AWAT0425 LR Corrumbine Creek Firetrail Two Eels and Shield

Nearby, on the same rock platform but not recorded by Sim or McCarthy, is a nice set of axe grinding grooves.

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AWAT0399 LR Corrumbine Creek Firetrail Two Eels and Shield

Below the platform at the back of a long overhang are some drawings in red ochre, and a partial hand stencil.

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