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.

Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Hiking the World, and receive notifications of new posts by email. (A hike is added every 1-2 weeks, on average.)

Join 745 other subscribers

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Avatar placeholder

Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Aboriginal Rock Art – Yengo National Park
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Hornsby Shire
Hornsby Shire - which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region - contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.
Aboriginal Rock Art in the Greater Blue Mountains
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Photographing Aboriginal rock art
A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.