Located on small rock platform above the Oxford Falls Five Kangaroos site, this Aboriginal engraving site was described by Fred McCarthy as being a “casual series with a unique figure of an indeterminate animal”. It was first documented by W.D. Campbell, in conjunction with the site just below it. Most of the figures are weathered and hard to see.
One of two indeterminate figures, this was described by McCarthy as being “6, long with a broad body tapering abruptly to a pointed end with a bar 1′ long on it”.
The second indeterminate and “unique figure” could not be seen, but was described by McCarthy as “4′ long, head missing, curved body, 3 pointed finlike projections along back, arch between fore and hind legs, pointed finlike hind leg, tail curved slightly downward but in line with body – its shape and animation suggest an active mammal like a native cat but the 3 finlike projections on its back cannot be accounted for satisfactorily.”
The most distinct engraving is of a kangaroo: “5’3″ long, concave head, rounded face, no eyes, 1 pointed ear, high arched back on broad body, straight belly, bifurcated foreleg sloped forward, short and narrow hind leg verticaI and round ended, male, straight tail in line with body”. It appears a deep channel was later carved around the bottom of the kangaroo.
Also fairly distinct is a shield, which has one vertical and two horizontal lines.
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