Located on a sloping rock platform above a small creek along which the Narara Railway Dam is built, this Aboriginal engraving site was documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy: “two of the men are wearing headdresses and all three have unusually long conical penises. They are performing a ritual”.
Of the three men originally recorded, only two of them can still be seen. The photo below (by Bob Pankhurst) shows both the remaining figures.
The lowermost man has a five-rayed headress and is…
5’7″ tall, sides of head sweep out to the arms, rectangulate (straight sided, convex ends) headdress 10.5″ long on top of his head with 5 rays around its top, 6″ long, no eyes, outspread arms, left one curved upward slightly, 6 fingers and pointed thumb on right hand, 4 fingers and pointed thumb on left hand, 2 armlets on right upper arm, 1 armlet at left shoulder, straight sided body, belt, legs wide apart and slightly bent, convexity on right leg which indicates boomerang leg, feet outward, right foot concave and rounded, left foot convex and rounded, conical penis, right foot lifted above ground as though dancing.
Above this figure is another man, with an oval on top of his head…
6′ tall, half oval head, oval 10″ long attached to the top of his head like a cap formn of headdress in a ceremony, no eyes, arms outspread and curved slightly upward, straight sided body leaning to his left, slightly bent legs wide apart, convex knees, feet outward, right foot convex and pointed, left foot convex and conical, long conical penis.
Along the creek bed near these two figures are some axe grinding grooves.
Nearby is a small shelter with Aboriginal rock art.
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