Reeves Street Elongated Figure

Summary: An elongated figure resembling a kangaroo tail and two mundoes on a small sandstone platform near Reeves Street.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: Jo McDonald

A small rock platform surrounded by scrub has an unusual elongated figure, which may also represent the tail of a kangaroo.

1X3A7503 Reeves Street Elongated Figure

The platform also has at least two mundoes, although they are very weathered and hard to see.

1X3A7505 Reeves Street Elongated Figure
1X3A7510 Reeves Street Elongated Figure
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