Leochares Peak Kangaroo & Koala

Summary: A sloping rock platform to the south of Leochares Peak which has an Aboriginal engraving of a koala (deity) and kangaroo.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Deity, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1973
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/34
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/34 (Kariong), p.22

On the south-west slopes of Leochares Peak is an interesting figure that was described as a “koala” (meaning an ancestral or spiritual figure). It bears some some likeness to the Daramalun motif, except that it is depicted with two legs and feet.

IMG 1346 LR Leochares Peak Kangaroo & Koala
IMG 1343 LR enhanced Leochares Peak Kangaroo & Koala

The figure was also documented as being near a kangaroo (not located), on a large, sloping platform to the south of Leochares Peak near the Great North Walk.

IMG 1331 LR Leochares Peak Kangaroo & Koala
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