Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo & Woman

Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site described as a "successful kangaroo hunt", which has a woman, kangaroo and boomerang.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Boomerang, Kangaroo, 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: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 6 in Aboriginal Carving of Port Jackon and Broken Bay (Download)
  • McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 150 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)

An Aboriginal engraving site described by McCarthy as depicting “A successful kangaroo hunt with a woman approaching the stricken animal, otherwise a mythological incident”.

engraving campbell plate24 fig6 Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo & Woman

The woman is on a sloping piece of rock, above the kangaroo; she has outstretched arms and long breasts sloping downwards.

AWAT4750 LR Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo & Woman

Her eyes are very deeply cut.

AWAT4769 LR Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo & Woman

The kangaroo is below the woman, but covered by debris and not visible.

AWAT4777 LR Wedgewood Fire Trail Kangaroo & Woman
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