Leochares Peak Roos and Men

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site near Leochares Peak along the Great North Walk which includes overlapping kangaroos, two men and what may be a basket.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 7
  • Motif/s: Basket, Kangaroo, Man
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1973
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/27
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/27 (Kariong), p.21

One of several Aboriginal engraving sites near Leochares Peak in Brisbane Water National Park, this interesting collection of figures includes three overlapping kangaroos. Ian Sim documented this site as containing “4 kangaroos, 2 boomerangs, fish, footprints, 4 men, line, indeterminate object”.

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There are two men next to each other; the larger one has an unusually shape head. One of his legs is much larger than the other.

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The smaller man has unusual “stick arms”.

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Another unusual figure may be a dilly bag or basket.

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