Shark Rock Man and Shields

Summary: A small Aboriginal engraving site, with two shields and a small man with bent legs.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Man, Shield
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1960
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
  • McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 100 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • McCarthy in Mankind Vol 5, No. 6 (1960), Fig 7C. p.398

Below Shark Rock Ridge is a small Aboriginal engraving site, with two shields.

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Eight feet away from the shields is a small man: “a unique figure with his bent legs”. This figure many be buried or covered by encroaching vegetation, and couldn’t be located.

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