Woy Woy Road Man

Summary: A large man with upraised arms, part of a series of Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1981
  • Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
  • McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 1 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S2
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/6 Series 2 (Kariong)

Close to Woy Woy Road is an Aboriginal engraving of man, with upstretched arms and an unusually long penis. It is part of a series of nine Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy which cross Woy Woy Road.

Scout Camp Road Man montage Woy Woy Road Man

The man has two pits for eyes, and a long head.

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