Devils Rock Male Figures

Summary: A small group of Aboriginal engravings near Devils Rock; one of the sites has three men and a boomerang.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Boomerang, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1993
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Near Devils Rock (Burragurra) on a large rock platform are a number of weathered engravings. The most interesting of these is a group of three engraved men.

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Between two of the men is a boomerang.

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