Narara Creek Wallaby

Summary: Small Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby, which has no front legs.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1991
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff, Bob Pankhurst

An Aboriginal engraving site with a small wallaby, on a rock platform that is now covered by leaf litter. It’s on Darkinung Land on a ridge above Narara Creek.

1X3A9040 Narara Creek Wallaby

It’s an unusual drawing of a wallaby, as it has no front legs.

1X3A9036 Narara Creek Wallaby
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