Mosaic Rock Man and Animals

Summary: Axe Grinding Grooves above the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail, in Brisbane Water National Park.

  • Art type/s: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving, Stone circle
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Fish, Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of art: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1995
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim, Warren Bluff

Near a tesellated pavement (“Mosaic Rock”) above the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail is a man, with a tall head-dress; he has a belt across his waist.

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Below the man is a narrow fish.

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Scattered across the tesellated rock platfom are at least four small figures; there is a fish and what may be a club.

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At the end of the platform is set of axe grinding grooves (AGGs). Some are fairly deep, and other quite shallow.

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Near the AGGs is a line of small small, perfectly circular indents in the rock; they may be natural.

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