Mount White Possum Engraving

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site on a ridge in Mount White which depicts a possum or a bird.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Possum
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2020
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

Described as a possum, this figure on the top of a ridge at Mount White may also represent a bird.

IMG 5744 LR Mount White Possum Engraving

It’s the only single engraving on the rock platform, but there are more sites to the south-east along the ridge.

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