Duffys Forest Daramulan engraving

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a Daramulan figure in Duffys Forest.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Daramulan, Deity
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2022

On a small rock platform in Duffys Forest surrounded by scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a Daramulan deity figure. The figure is quite weathered and hard to see without good lighting.

IMG 0078 LR Duffys Forest Daramulan engraving
IMG 0082 LR Duffys Forest Daramulan engraving

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