Lyre Trig Wallaby

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a single wallaby, which is fairly weathed; it's one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1969
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 6 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig H (Series 6, p.54)

An Aboriginal engraving of a weathed wallaby below the Lyre Trig. It has a “comical face, no eyes, 2 pointed ears, broad neck, broad body with hump over hind quarters… standing with body parallel with the ground as though feeding”.

AWAT5434 LR Lyre Trig Wallaby

This site forms one of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.

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