Milyerra Trail – Man with Penis

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site of a man with upstretched arms near the Milyerra Road Firetrail.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of art: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1969
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S1 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2A

A male figure with oval head and upstretched arms, this Aboriginal engraving is part of series of ten sites near the Milyerra Trail documented by Ian Sim in the 1960s. The male figure is fairly weathered.

AWAT7882 LR stitch Milyerra Trail - Man with Penis

Described in detail by McCarthy, the man is “tall, upright, half oval head, no eyes or neck, upraised arms, right one straight broadening towards end, left one slightly curved, 5 fingers on each hand, straight sided body, straight legs very wide apart, feet outward, right one flat and pointed, left one flat and conical, pointed heels and penis”.

figure3 Milyerra Trail - Man with Penis
Image: Sydney Rock Art
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