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.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
Hornsby Shire - which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region - contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
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