Duckholes Kangaroo

Summary: Aboriginal engravings of a large macropod and two smaller figures near the Duckholes Trail.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo, Man
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2021
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Conroy

On a small rock near the Duckholes Trail is an Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby or kangaroo.

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Below the large macropod is a much smaller macropod; it looks like another wallaby or kangaroo, but has no tail.

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A third and even fainter engraving also below the large kangaroo is a man.

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