Rock engravings of the Sydney-Hawkesbury District. Part 1: Flat Rocks Ridge: a Daruk ceremonial ground
Year: 1956
Type: article
Abstract: Technique and Preservation.-Thekangaroo and boomerangs have rubbed grooves fro!!! 1 to It in wide and up to 1" in deep, but those of the dingoes consist of conjoined pUllctUl"CS up to i in wide and ~ in deep, suggesting that they are a subsequent addition to the group or that their outlines had not yet been rubbed smooth like those of the other figures.Remarks.-This is obviously a group of gigantic dreamtime animals explained by chants and stories to initiates taken to this rock.No myth has been recorded from the Daruh tribe to explain this group, which probably represents the legendary figures of a kaugaroo killed by members of the dingo totem, forming part of an historical saga connected with this ridge as a whole.
Source: Records of the Australian Museum
Author: Frederick D. McCarthy
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2332015200