Mount White Men and Fish

Summary: An Aboriginal rock engraving site on a ridge near Mount White which includes two men (one exhibiting both male and female traits, a shark, and eight fish, with . All figures are notably weathered.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 11
  • Motif/s: Fish, Hermaphrodite, Man, Shark
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1973
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 5/12
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 5/12 (Mooney Mooney – Mount White), p.35

The most significant of many rock engraving sites along a long ridge near Mount White, the engravings on this elevated rock platform were first doumented by Ian Sim who recorded “2 men, shark and 8 fish”. It’s associated with a nearby Shelter with Art.

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All of the figures are weathered, especially one of the two men.

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One of the two “men” is depicted with both male and female characteristics (a penis and a single breast).

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The second man is very weathered; his arms are the most recognisble parts of the figure.

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