Woy Woy Creek Kangaroo

Summary: A very weathered kangaroo in thick scrub near Woy Woy Creek.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1976
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection 7/25
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 7/25 (Wondabyne) p.54

An Aboriginal engraving of a single, very weathered kangaroo near Woy Woy Creek. The tail and posterior are still fairly clear, but the front is very hard to make out.

AWAT1587 LR Woy Woy Creek Kangaroo
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