Ironbarks Platypus Aboriginal engraving

Summary: Aboriginal engraving of a platypus, carved in an unusually simple style.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Platypus
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1984

Located on a rock platform above Riverside Drive, is a solitary Aboriginal engraving of what has been described as both a male figure with a large penis, and a platypus. The figure is drawn in an unusual style for a human figure (with very simple stylized arms and legs), and the interpretation of this as a platypus is more likely.

AWAT2890 LR Ironbarks Platypus Aboriginal engraving
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