Mount Penang Eel and Shield

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site near Mount Penang with an eel, shield and indeterminate figure.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Eel, Indeterminate figure, Shield
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1965
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Pankhurst

This deeply grooved eel (is on a very small rock platform near Mount Penang (one of a small number of Mount Penang Aboriginal engravings that survived the development of this area).

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It’s not too far from another Aboriginal site with two eels – but this eel has a different shape.

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Below the eel (to the south) is a very weathered figure with very shallow grooves; it’s not clear what it represents.

1X3A7563 Mount Penang Eel and Shield

Above the eel to the north is a shield with two tranverse lines and a vertical line, which was recorded by Bob Pankhurst (it’s now completely covered by soil and vegetation).

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