Kimmerikong Line of Fish engravings

Summary: A rock platform near the Kimmerikong Trail has Aboriginal engravings whch include a row of ten fish, and a very weathered human figure.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 13
  • Motif/s: Eel, Fish, Man
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2007
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

A few Aboriginal rock engravings are located at both ends of a long rock platform in Cowan, near the Kimmerikong Trail. The most prominent is a long line of ten fish.

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Most of the fish are fairly distinct, although Fish #9 (the second last fish in the series) has weathered more than the rest. Some of the fish display very obvious peck-marks.

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Near the fish is a man, who is considerably more weathered and hard to see; some parts of the figure (his left foot and left arm) are no longer visible.

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Above the man’s right arm is an eel (or snake).

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There are two “circles” in the sandstone; one of them is almost certainly natural, while the larger one may be carved (but doesn’t display any peck marks).

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At the northern end of the platform is an engraving of a single fish.

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