Welcome to Country Man Engraving
What is left of the welcome to Country Man engraving site June 2019.
There are a number of engraving sites that have been documented within the Mona Vale Road area at Ingleside over time that seem to be at serious risk of destruction - accidental or otherwise. A number of these sites have been surrounded with a single layer of barrier tape however it remains to be seem what will happen to them in reality.
This particular site features a number of engravings and partners with another site that includes two echidnas, shield and mundoe trail on the corner of Mona Vale Road and Lane Cove Roads. That site was first recorded in 1965 around the same time that the other sites were recorded that follow the road line back up toward Terrey Hills.
The man engraving is depicted with open and upright arms - usually considered to be a welcoming pose. It has been suggested that more echidna engravings were present with him. The state of the platform is disappointing.
It will be an easy exercise, with GPS locations, to determine how this rich piece of Aboriginal and Australian History, has been treated in 2019.
