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Moon Rock was declared an Aboriginal Place under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 in 2016. Campbell recorded it in 1899 and described it "as the finest specimen of picture-story work that it has been this Writer’s luck to find”.  The site has a large number of motifs (>80) spread over 3 sites along a ridge that separates Deep Creek from Middle Creek. The motifs include numerous fish and eels, a club, boomerang, numerous mundoes (footprints), a spear, animal tracks, goanna, oval objects (moons?), a bird and three anthropomorphs which are thought to portray a hunting scene, as they appear to have animals draped over the body. The goanna also appears to have a ‘club’ on its head.  The circular objects are thought to represent the phases of the moon, hence the name of the Place.

The ‘much weathered whale’ from Campbell 1899) Part of Fig 3. On close examination, an unrecorded fish appears to be present underneath the whale.

Moon Rock engraving site, Belrose, from Campbell (1899) Plate XV.

Although faint, the boomerang and three of the series of six moon-like objects is shown here, refer to Campbell (1899) Part of Fig. 2.

NOTE: This site is on private property belonging to the Metropolitan
Local Aboriginal Land Council, please be respectful.