Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo

Summary: A partly weathered Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo near the Wedgewood Fire Trail.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2019

About 150m away from the Kangaroo and Woman documented by Campbell, is an Aboriginal engraving of a solitary wallaby or kangaroo.

AWAT4729 LR Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo

Although most of the figure is fairly clearly carved, the head is very weathered and can’t be made out.

AWAT4732 LR Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo

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