Resolute Track mundoes

Summary: A line of six mundoes at one of the many Aboriginal engraving sites scattered around the Resolute Track

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1965
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 140 Series 5 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 6 1965, Sheet 1, Fig B3

Above the Resolute Track – and one of a number of scattered Aboriginal engraving sites documented by McCarthy – is a line of six mundoes. They are all fairly distinct.

  • AWAT9850 LR Resolute Track mundoes
  • AWAT9852 LR Resolute Track mundoes
  • AWAT9853 LR Resolute Track mundoes
  • AWAT9858 LR Resolute Track mundoes
  • AWAT9860 LR Resolute Track mundoes
  • AWAT9861 LR Resolute Track mundoes
As is often the case with mundoes, McCarthy suggested they probably connected groups of engravings or other sites.
Lines of mundoes on one of the Resolute Track Aboriginal engraving sites
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