Kimmerikong Ridge Boy and Men

Summary: A weathered Aboriginal rock engravings site along the Kimmerikong Ridge, which was said to depict an initiation ceremony.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 7
  • Motif/s: Child, Man, Oval
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1958
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
  • McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 61 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • McCarthy in Mankind Vol 5, No. 5 (1958). Sheet 3, Fig C. p.203

In a saddle along Kimmerikong Ridge is a large rock platfom, with a very weathered Aboriginal engraving site. The site was said to represent “A boy novitiate with guardians and another man in ceremonial attire, and the guardians have their hair in a peaked coil” (McCarthy). The middle three figures in the group are the guardians and the boy, who you can barely make out. You can just make out the 5-rayed headdress on one of the men, but the figures are very weathered.

Engraving McCarthy Group 61 Kimmerikong Ridge Boy and Men

A short distance away is an oval figures, which was described as representing “a waterhole, the sun or the moon”.

Note: As a restricted nature reserve, photography and off-track site visitation within Muogamarra is not allowed without a permit.

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