Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder

Summary: An emu and three (or four) mundoes on a boulder near Duckponds Ridge, in Marramarra National Park.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Emu, Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of art: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2021

An unusual site for Aboriginal rock art, being located on the side of a large boulder rather than on a rock platform, is a single emu.

AWAT8533 LR Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder
AWAT8528 LR Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder

On the same boulder are two mundoes (footprints), and what be a third mundoe, or a fish. The mundoes are pointing in a north-west direction – the same as the ones at the nearby Duckponds Ridge Emus and Mundoes site.

AWAT8536 LR Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder
AWAT8537 LR Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder
AWAT8548 LR Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder

On a slightly smaller, adjacent boulder is a single mundoe.

AWAT8522 LR Duckponds Ridge Emu on a Boulder
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