Ironbarks Echidna Aboriginal engraving

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site above the Lane Cove River with two mammals, one of them likely an echidna with unusual feet.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Echidna
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1980

Above the Lane Cove River near the Ironbarks Platyus engraving is an Aboriginal engraving site with two figures. The larger of the two figures depicts some type of indeterminate mammal, with a fairly long and lean body.

1X3A1192 LR Ironbarks Echidna Aboriginal engraving

Above this figure is another mammal, which may be an echidna; It has very detailed, human-like feet.

1X3A1231 LR Ironbarks Echidna Aboriginal engraving
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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Aboriginal Rock Art – Lane Cove
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.