Powder Works Valley Kangaroo

Summary: A solitary Aboriginal engraving of what may be a kangaroo, or a marine creature. The site is near the head of the Powder Works Valley.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of art: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1984

On the side of what was once called Sugarloaf Hill and near the top of Powder Works Valley is a single Aboriginal engraving.

AWAT5395 LR Powder Works Valley Kangaroo

It may be a wallaby or kangaroo, and has a long kangaroo-like tail. But the shape of the head doesn’t look that of a kangaroo, and has what looks like two fins. So it may be a marine creature, a poorly drawn kangaroo or a hybrid of the two. Three nearby sites also have kangaroos, none of which are drawn like this – the Caleyi Trail Kangaroo, Caleyi Trail Kangaroos and Powder Works Valley Engravings sites.

AWAT5395 LR highlighted Powder Works Valley Kangaroo

Near the kangaroo / marine creature is very weathered engraving of a boomerang.

AWAT5408 LR Powder Works Valley Kangaroo

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