Linden Ridge Echidna and Fish engravings

Summary: A small Aboriginal rock engraving site along Linden Ridge, which has six figures including fish, an echidna and a motif with two concentric circles.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Bird Track, Echidna, Emu Track, Fish, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1958
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim

Next to the Linden Ridge Firetrail is a large rock platform, which offers some views to the west. There are a number of Aboriginal engravings near the top of the platform, although they can be hard to see without the right lighting.

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The most unusual figure in the group has two concentric circles, it looks a little like a net and has been described as a “double echidna”.

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There are at least three crudely shaped fish, which have also been described as echidnas.

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A fourth fish could be a mundoe.

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There is at least one echidna…

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…and one bird or emu track.

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