ROCK PICTURES AND CEREMONIAL STOA"ES. 



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Certain remarkable stone objects, chipped and ground into shape 

 by the aboi'igines, have been discovered over a large area of north- 

 western New South Wales, which have not be^jn observed in any other 

 part of Australia. The principal tracts in which these prepared stones 

 have been found are along the Darling River and adjacent country, 

 from about the town of Bourke down to below Menindee; on the 

 Warrego and Paroo Rivers from their junction with the Darling 

 upwards to the Queensland frontier; and in the extensive region lying 

 between Tibooburra, Mount Arrowsmith, Broken Hill, ifec, and the 

 Darling River. Isolated specimens have also been met with south-east 

 of the Darling, almost as far as the Lachlan River. A specimen in 

 the possession of the late C. S. Wilkinson was said to have been 

 picked up about 1884, between the Narran and Banvon Rivers — the 

 Darling being known as the Barwon in that part of its course. The 

 latter is the farthest point east where such stones have been reported 

 from. 



In order to give the reader a clear conception of what these 

 stones are like, I have made careful drawings to scale of seven out of 



R K Mathews dsl 



Inches 



Seven Ceremonial Stones, N. S. Wales. 



