Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site along a small creek above the Tunnel Trail, which has multiple figures and some axe grinding grooves.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Fish, Kangaroo, Oval
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1973

A long rock ledge along a small creek above Mullet Creek has several Aboriginal engravings, and some axe grinding grooves.

AWAT9875 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings
AWAT9876 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings

The most distinctive engraving looks like a kangaroo, but with a very unusually carved face.

AWAT9905 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings

There’s also an oval-shaped figures, and a fish which seems to have been speared.

AWAT9880 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings
AWAT9892 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings

Another deeply carved figure appears to have been damaged by the rock breaking.

AWAT9857 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings

Where the creek drops over the rock ledge, there are a few axe grinding grooves.

AWAT9867 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings
AWAT9870 LR Mullet Creek Waterhole Engravings

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