Refuge Ridge Gully Fish Engraving

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a fish on a large rock platform along a ridge above Refuge Gully.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Fish
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1978
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Conroy

On a long ridge above Refuge Gully at West Head is an Aboriginal engraving of a fish; it’s the only engraving on the large rock platform.

1X3A9971 LR Refuge Ridge Gully Fish Engraving

The fish appears to be pointing across Refuge Gully to Topham Hill, which is the site of many Aboriginal engravings including a large school of fish.

1X3A9978 LR Refuge Ridge Gully Fish Engraving
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