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An Aboriginal engraving site below Blake Ridge (in Marramarra NP), which depicts a group of five eels.
An Aboriginal engraving site in Maroota depicting a kangaroo hunt, the figures include a man, two kangaroos, three koalas and two eels.
A small and somewhat unusual Aboriginal cave painting site, in a shelter at the base of a tall cliff near the significant Canoelands 1 site.
Canoelands is one of the most significant Aboriginal sites around Sydney, and would have been of great importance in the ritual and mythology of the local tribe. The site includes cave art in different pigments dating over six periods, rock engravings and axe grinding grooves.
Combining the Burraga Walk and part of the Murri-yanna Track in the Bidjigal Reserve, this interesting loop follows a number of creeks and visits the only waterfall in the Hills Shire.
An Aboriginal engraving on a spur above Cowan Creek, which may depict an initiation ceremony. The group of figures includes two deities and seven men.
An Aborginal engraving of what appears to be a man and club in a small shelter near thr Mt Ku-ring-gai Track.
Aboriginal engraving site which has a set of axe grinding grooves next to a waterhole, and three engraved figures. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)
Aboriginal engraving site which represents a man with fish which are his totem (or which he hopes to catch) near the Waratah Track. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)
Aboriginal engraving of an “unusual pair of human figures” near the Waratah Track. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)