Leochares Peak Indeterminate Figures

Summary: Two adjoining rock platforms to the west of Mount Leochares which have weathered Aboriginal engravings, including a stingray and an indeterminate figure.

Site type: Rock engraving, Water Hole
Number of sites: 2
Number of motifs: 5
Motif/s: Bird, Boomerang, Fish, Indeterminate figure, Shield, Stingray
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Weathered
Year first recorded: 1973
Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/30
Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/30 (Kariong), p.22

Two adjoining rock platforms contain a number of Aboriginal rock engravings. The larger platform – which has extensive views – has a long, curved figures.

IMG 1410 LR enhanced Leochares Peak Indeterminate Figures

It’s likely to be a stingray, but is quite weathered and hard to make out.

IMG 1406 LR Leochares Peak Indeterminate Figures

IMG 1406 LR enhanced Leochares Peak Indeterminate Figures

Above the main rock platform is a smaller platform which has an unusual, indeterminate figure (Ian Sim documented a “Fish, bird, circle, indeterminate figure” – most of these could not be found).