Shark Rock Ridge Hunting or Fishing Scene

Summary: One of several Aboriginal engraving sites along Shark Rock Ridge. It includes a large stingray, multiple fish, emus, kangaroos and kangaroo rats and a man (who may be hunting or fishing).

Located along the route of an old telegraph line which followed Shark Rock Ridge, this Aboriginal engraving site includes multiple fish, kangaroos and kangaroo rats. A man with a sword club or boomerang stands beside them. McCarthy suggested the men were “hunting the kangaroo rats or are engaged in fishing”.

The most prominent figure in the group is a stingray or skate which is 7’6″ in length, and has a bar across its body and a median strip down its tail.

IMG 3745 LR Shark Rock Ridge Hunting or Fishing Scene

Shark Rock Ridge Hunting or Fishing Scene - Site Summary

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 22
  • Motif/s: Club, Boomerang, Emu, Fish, Kangaroo, Kangaroo Rat, Man, Oval, Stingray
  • Quality: 3.5
  • Condition of engravings: Good
  • View site sketch
  • AHIMS site ID: 45-6-0374
  • Year first recorded: 1899
  • Originally Recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
  • Campbell Reference: COWAN Plate 26 Fig 2 in Aboriginal Carving of Port Jackon and Broken Bay (Download)
  • McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 165 & Mankind Group 98 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Bushwalking trail: https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/05/24/shark-rock-ridge-berowra/

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