Half a Woman (Appletree Bay)

Summary: Vertical engraving in a rock shelter near Appletree Bay depicting half a woman

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Woman
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2001

A very small shelter above the Berowra Track near Appletree Bay has a somwhat unusual vertical engraving, which depicts one side of a woman.

Engraving of part of a woman in Appletree Bay shelterAWAT9051 LR highlighted 1 Half a Woman (Appletree Bay)

The figure is carved into the rock using a punctured outline method. The top and bottom of the woman has been weathered, but the middle section is quite clear.

AWAT9046 LR Half a Woman (Appletree Bay)
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