Waratah Trail Daramulan

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a Daramulan figure on a small rock ledge above the Waratah Trail.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Daramulan, Deity
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2017

Above the Waratah Trail at West Head and surrounded by very dense scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a Daramulan figure.

1X3A0932 LR Waratah Trail Daramulan
1X3A0935 LR Waratah Trail Daramulan

It’s partly covered by vegetation and hard to photograph; an earlier photp captured a rayed headdress and beaked, “echidna” mouth.

image 6 Waratah Trail Daramulan

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