Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Baiame

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a large deity figure (possibly Baiame) below the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track on a small rock platform.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Baiame, Deity, Fish
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2023

Below the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track on an isolated rock platform surrounded by scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a deity figure – possibly a Baiame.

1X3A2005 LR Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Baiame
1X3A2039 LR Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Baiame

The figure is over two metres in length.

MtK baiame stitch Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Baiame

The deity is holding a fish in his left hand (both arms are quite short), and he has an eight-rayed headdress.

1X3A2033 LR Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Baiame

The site may be related to the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track engravings site, which also has a deity figure as well as large bandicoot.

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