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”.
Stingray
Stingray or skate which is 7'6" in length, with a bar across its body and a median strip down its tail.
Two kangaroos
Above the stingray are two kangaroos; one of them is described as a young kangaroo with no tail.
Kangaroo
Emu
One of three emus in file
Emu
One of three emus in file
Emu
One of three emus in file
Man and Boomerang
A man ("tall, upright, long and narrow half oval head, no eyes, straight arms upraised") next to an angled boomerang.
Two fish
Two fish, both very weathered.
The most prominent figure in the group is a stingray or skate, which is 7’6″ in length, with a bar across its body and a median strip down its tail.
Above the stingray are two kangaroos; one of them is described as a young kangaroo with no tail.
A third kangaroo is just next to them.
Below the third kangaroo are three emus in file, who are standing head to tail: “all have their head and neck straight out from the body and appear to be feeding contentedly or walking in file”.
A short distance away is a man (“tall, upright, long and narrow half oval head, no eyes, straight arms upraised”) next to an angled boomerang.
Next to the man and boomerang are two fish, both very weathered.
Further along the rock platform are two kangaroo rats and another fish; these I could not locate.
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