Reeves Street Kangaroo

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site near Reeves Street, with a single kangaroo.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1976
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 2/54
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 2/54 (Somersby)

An Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby or kangaroo, on a small platform surrounded by scrub near Reeves Street.

1X3A8961 Reeves Street Kangaroo

The Aboriginal engraving was first documented by Ian Sim, and is one of several sites depicting local fauns (kangaroos and birds/emus in this area).

1X3A8964 Reeves Street Kangaroo
1X3A8965 Reeves Street Kangaroo
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