Mangrove Road Two Men

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site in Strickland State Forest with two male figures, and 16 grinding grooves.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Number of AGGs: 16
  • Motif/s: Man, Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1945
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection 2/66
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical SItes in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 2/64

Surrounded by dense scrub, this Aboriginal engraving site first documented by Ian Sim is on a rock ledge along a small creek.

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There are two figures; a large man (which is weathered but can still be seen) and a smaller man which is covered by vegetation.

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The larger man has upraised arms, a conical penis and a very circular head.,

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Near the engravings are 16 grinding grooves, clustered around a small pothole (many have been silted over and covered with vegetation).

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