Woy Woy Road Scattered Figures

Summary: A series of Aboriginal rock engravings and axe grinding grooves scattered across adjoining rock platforms above Woy Woy Road

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Eel, Fish, Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1967
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/22
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/22 (Kariong), p.21

Ian Sim documented a number of Aboriginal rock engravings and axe grinding grooves across multiple rock platforms near the southern end of Woy Woy Road. A hanging swamp above the platform means that even during dry periods, water runs across the rocks.

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Series 1

A very faint eel; only the puncture marks are visible.

Series 2

Originally described as two fish, these two figures appear more like an eel and a mundoe; both are very roughly pecked.

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Series 3

Two fish.

Series 4

Six axe grinding grooves were recorded by Sim, although there are at least ten grooves across two rock platforms.

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Series 5

A large eel.

Series 6

Punctured lines; these are very weathered and have not been re-located.

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