Lawson Kangaroo Aboriginal engraving

Australia, Lawson, NSW, Western Sydney & Blue Mountains
Dharug, Gundungara Aboriginal Land

Summary: An Aboriginal rock engraving of a single kangaroo in Lawson in the Blue Mountains, on Kangaroo St.

Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 1
Motif/s: Kangaroo
Quality: 3.5/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 1967
Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 8 (Blue Mountains)
Ian Sim, Archaelogical SItes in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“SIm Collection”), Site 8 (Blue Mountains), p.66

An easily visited Aboriginal engraving site in the Blue Mountains, which has a single kangaroo carved on a small rock platform on Kangaroo St, in Lawson.

1X3A1867 LR Lawson Kangaroo Aboriginal engraving

The kangaroo is an unusual pose, with it’s head drawn back.

1X3A1875 LR Lawson Kangaroo Aboriginal engraving

1X3A1878 LR Lawson Kangaroo Aboriginal engraving

The site was documented by Ian Sim, who described it very succintly as “Kangaroo and crescent line”.

Lawson Kangaroo Sim Lawson Kangaroo Aboriginal engraving

Getting to Lawson Kangaroo Aboriginal site

The site is on Kangaroo St in Lawson, just after the intersection with Queens Street. Although the rock platform is no longer signposted (there was a National Park and Wildlife Service sign in the past as shown in the photo below from The Megalithic Portal website), there is a parking area on Kangaroo St.