Porto Gully Two Wallabies

Summary: A weathered Aboriginal engraving of two wallabies (or kangaroos) on a sloping rock platform

Close to the Porto Gully Man and Woman are two wallabies (as well as some fish). They were documented in 1967 in a detailed report by J.C. Lough in 1967, which was conducted to identify carving sites in the vicinity of the Sydney to Newcastle freeway. However, there was a never a site sketch showing the wallabies or fish, and the two wallabies were only re-located in 2018 (the fish have not been “found”).

AWAT8450 LR stitch2 LR Porto Gully Two Wallabies

Located on a sloping section of rock and weathered, it’s difficult to make out the entire outline of the two macropod bodies.

AWAT8446 LR Porto Gully Two Wallabies
AWAT8454 LR Porto Gully Two Wallabies

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