Eastern Commission Trail Man with Headdress

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a man with a rayed headdress near the Eastern Commission Trail in Dharug NP.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2016
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

Along the Eastern Commission Trail in Dharug National Park is a very weathered Aboriginal engraving of a male figure.

1X3A3072 LR Eastern Commission Trail Man with Headdress

Although it’s hard to see, the man has a rayed headdress.

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