Kamber Road Shields

Located on the edge of a ledge, with views over Garigal NP, is an Aboriiginal engravnig site with a couple of quite well-defined shields, a kangaroo and a boomerang.

Three shields stand out quite distinctively on a broad ledge overlooking Deep Creek valley.

The third shields has a corrected outline at one end.

Abvoe the shields is a leaping wallaby or kangaroo with its toes shown on the hind legs.

Beside it is a hunting boomerang.

The engravings were said to represent a hunting scene (McCarthy 1954).

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  • Near Kamber Road Trail, Terrey Hills
  • Walking distance to site: 1.5km
  • Ease of access: Moderate
  • Type of art: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Related bushwalk: https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/08/22/down-to-five-mile-creek-garigal-np/
  • Motifs: Boomerang, Kangaroo, Shield
  • Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
  • McCarthy Reference: NARRABEEN Mankind Group 46 Series 6 - Carvings of Rock Engravings in the Sydney-Hawkesbury District (1983)
  • McCarthy in Mankind Vol 5, No. 1, 1954. Plate A, Fig 4H

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