Warrah Trig Speared Fish

Summary: Weathered Aboriginal engravings on a tesselated platform near Warrah Trig. Figures include a speared fish.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 7
  • Motif/s: Fish, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1995
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

A number of Aboriginal engravings are located on a large tesselated pavement, with views over Broken Bay to the Barrenjoey Peninsula.

AWAT2680 LR Warrah Trig Speared Fish

The engravings are fairly weathered, and include a fish which has been speared fish.

AWAT2655 LR Warrah Trig Speared Fish

Nearby is at least one more (poorly formed) fish, and another figure which may be a fish or an oval.

AWAT2660 LR Warrah Trig Speared Fish
AWAT2666 LR Warrah Trig Speared Fish

A short distance away near the edge of the rock platform are more small figures; one of them resembles a narrow fish, and the rest are indeterminate.

AWAT2668 LR Warrah Trig Speared Fish
AWAT2677 LR Warrah Trig Speared Fish
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