Mount Yengo Emu Tracks

Summary: A large dome-shaped rock near the base of Mount Yengo with emu tracks and some weathered Aboriginal engravings, and grinding grooves.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Emu Track, Kangaroo, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1994
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff, Bob Pankhurst

A large, dome-shaped rock near the base of Mount Yengo, which has axe grinding grooves and Aboriginal rock engravings.

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The grinding grooves are around a shallow waterhole in the middle of the rock.

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There are several emu tracks on the rock, which are hard to see as the rock surface is fairly uneven. At lease one of the tracks points to Mount Yengo.

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Additional figures were recorded by Bob Pankurst, including a man with upstretched hands (below), a kangaroo and a Daramulan figure.

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image 4 Mount Yengo Emu Tracks

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