Waratah Track Man and Wife

Summary: Aboriginal engraving of a man and woman near Waratah Track. (Part of Arden Trig series.)

  • Number of sites: -3
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Man, Woman
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1899
  • Originally Recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
  • Campbell Reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 9 in Aboriginal Carving of Port Jackon and Broken Bay (Download)
  • McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 115/116 & Mankind Group 48 S6 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • McCarthy in Mankind, Vol 5, No 1 (1954). Fig 8F

Below the Waratah Track is an Aboriginal engraving of a man and wife, which forms part of the Arden Trig series of Aboriginal engravings that stretches across West Head Road, The man is the bigger figure, being 6′ tall with a broad triangular head. The woman is 4′ tall and bent to her right, with straight arms upraised.

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The man has a sword club across his body, which touches the woman’s thigh.

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