Smiths Creek Two Men Hunting

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site in Cottage Point which has two men, one with a headdress holding a boomerang (who may be a deity) and the other with a club across his waist.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Deity, Man
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1978

It’s surprising that this Aboriginal site in Cottage Point was never recorded by Campbell, Sim or McCarthy; it depicts two men who may be hunting. One of the men, who has a rayed headdress, may be a deity figure.

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The smaller of the the two figures is just under two metres in height.

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He has upstretched arms which are long and thin, and a club across his waist.

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Above him is another man or deity, who is about four metres in height.

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The man/deity is holding a boomerang in his right hand; his left hand has three fingers. He has a an eight-rayed headdress.

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Both figures are fairly deeply grooved.

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