Resolute Track Eel engravings

Summary: Aboriginal engravings of five eels, two fish and a shark along the Resolute Track (West Head)

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Eel, Fish, Shark
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1965
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
  • McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 140 Series 4 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 6 1965, Sheet 2, Fig B3
  • Peter Stanbury and John Clegg, “A Field Guide to Aboriginal Rock Engravings” (p.72)

About 80m along the Resolute Track from the signposted Resolute Track Aboriginal Site are five eels, and a shark. These are right next to the track. (Stanbury & Clegg suggest an eel and some fish were destroyed by construction work on the Resolute Track; but there is no evidence of this).

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All four eels are fairly distinct; only one has lines across its body.

  • AWAT7129 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings
  • AWAT7136 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings
  • AWAT7140 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings
  • AWAT7142 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings

A short distance from the eels is a tiger shark, with open mouth.

AWAT7133 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings

On the opposite side of the Resolute Track are the two fish; one appears to have been covered by soil and can’t be located. The other fish is in good condition, albeit a bit weathered.

AWAT9835 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings
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AWAT9836 LR Resolute Track Eel engravings

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