Smiths Creek Man and Fish

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site in Cottage Point with two large fish, and a man with upstretched arms.

  • Site type: Rock engraving, Stone arrangement
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Fish, Man
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1978

An interesting Aboriginal engraving site near Cottage Point, which has two fish and a man with upstretched hands. All of the figures are quite deeply grooved.

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The man has a small oval head, and two eyes. Both his feet are well-formed.

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Next to the man is one of the two fish, which has a dorsal and pelvic fin, and a well-formed tail fin.

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Another fish is a short distance away, which has four fins on it’s body and a small tail. This figure is very similar to a fish described by Fred McCarthy near the Waratah Trig Station – which has never been photographed and has not been found since documented by McCarthy in 1960.

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An adjacent rock platform to the south has a small waterhole, and what may be the remnants of a stone arrangement.

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IMG 9987 LR Smiths Creek Man and Fish

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