Mount White Daramulan

Summary: An large rock rock platform near Mount White, which has about ten Aboriginal engravings including a Daramulan and "sea creature-like" figure.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 10
  • Motif/s: Circle, Daramulan, Man, Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1976
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 5/38
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 5/38 (Mooney Mooney – Mount White) p.39

An expansive rock platform on the eastern side of the Mount White Bush Reserve has over ten Aboriginal engravings, including a large Daramulan figure (photo: Bob Pankhurst): “it is aligned with the head to south and measures 4.9m x 2.75m. The monster has hair on his head”. It was described by Ian Sim as as “Culture Hero”.

image 1 Mount White Daramulan

Another large figure at the opposite end of the site was described by Pankhurst as a sea creature-like figure”.

1X3A0514 Mount White Daramulan
image 2 Mount White Daramulan

Other fiigures on this rock platform include a man, three circles or ovals and a shield shape.

1X3A0550 Mount White Daramulan

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