Wheeler Creek Emu Hunt

Summary: Two shields and some indeterminate figures at an Aboriginal engraving site on a tesselated pavement within Red Hill Reserve.

  • Art type/s: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Club, Eel, Emu, Shield
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1899
  • Originally Recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
  • Campbell Reference: MANLY Plate 10 Fig 2 in Aboriginal Carving of Port Jackon and Broken Bay (Download)
  • McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 47 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)

On a tesselated rock platform within the Red Hill Reserve are two shields, an emu (which is badly weathered), an eel and a sword club. These were interpreted by McCarthy as an emu being hunted or stalked, with the hunter’s weapons on the ground. The two shields are stil fairly distinct.

Wheelr Creek Shields

Both the shields are quite narrow, and have just a longitudinal line.

  • AWAT0119 LR Wheeler Creek Emu Hunt
  • AWAT0124 LR Wheeler Creek Emu Hunt

The rest of the figures are weathered and very hard to see.

AWAT0126 LR Wheeler Creek Emu Hunt
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Exploring the south of Red Hill Reserve | Hiking the World · October 17, 2021 at 3:35 pm

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