Powerline Trail Anthropomorph

Summary: A single anthropomorphic figure next to a waterhole, near the Powerline Trail

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Anthropomorph
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Year first recorded: 1975
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection 2/15

Near the Powerline Trail in Brisbane Water National Park is a small Aboriginal engraving site, with a single figure near a small waterhole.

AWAT6240 Powerline Trail Anthropomorph

It’s hard to make out what the anthropomorhic figure represents; it was described by Sim as two kangaroos, which is clearly not correct.

AWAT6243 Powerline Trail Anthropomorph
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