Kincumba Kangaroo Engraving

Summary: Partly covered by moss, this Aboriginal engraving of a macropod is on a small rock platform on Kincumba mountain.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1992
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Partly covered by moss, which is encroaching on the rock platform, is an Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby or kangaroo. The figure has an unusually wide hind leg, which bends sharply at the bottom, and neither front or hind legs have paws.

AWAT1470 LR Kincumba Kangaroo Engraving
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