Woy Woy Road macropods

Summary: Large wallaby and kangaroo and a smaller macropod near Kariong Scout Camp Road.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1981
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 2 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S1
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/6 Series 1 (Kariong)

Near the top of Scout Camp Road in Kariong is a small site with two Aboriginal engravings. The largest figure is a wallaby or kangaroo.

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The kangaroo is still well-grooved, but is hard to photograph due to its size.

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A smaller macropod may be a wallaby, but has no tail.

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