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North (Mt Krg to Brooklyn)

Northern-most section of the national park, from Myt Ku-ring-to the Hawkesbury River

AWAT2494 LR Shark Rock Ridge Deity
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Shark Rock Ridge Deity

Below the Shark Rock Ridge in dense scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a “protective deity, holding up a fish with the right hand”

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsAugust 7, 2022 ago
AWAT2622 LR Shark Rock Ridge Whale
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Shark Rock Ridge Whale

Along the Shark Rock Ridge track is an Aboriginal engraving of a whale; the enormous figure is ten metres in length, with a goanna and whale inside the whale.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsAugust 5, 2022 ago
AWAT2400 LR Shark Rock Ridge Emus
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Shark Rock Ridge Emus

An Aboriginal engraving site with an adult and young emu, on a small rock platform just above the Pacific Motorway.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsAugust 5, 2022 ago
AWAT8578 LR Brooklyn Engraving Site
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Brooklyn Engraving Site

A long rock platform near the Brooklyn Dam is an Aboriginal engraving site, with over 20 figures. Many were recorded by McCarthy in 1958.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsJune 11, 2022 ago
AWAT8530 LR Brooklyn Dam Fish
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Brooklyn Dam Fish

Above a small waterfall near Brooklyn Dam are Aboriginal engravings of a fish and wallaby (or kangaroo), and some water channels in the creek bed.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsJune 6, 2022 ago
AWAT8446 LR Porto Gully Two Wallabies
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Porto Gully Two Wallabies

A weathered Aboriginal engraving of two wallabies (or kangaroos) on a sloping rock platform

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsJune 6, 2022 ago
AWAT8426 LR Porto Gully Man and Woman
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Porto Gully Man and Woman

First recorded by the 1st Hornsby Scout Group, this Aboriginal engraving site depicts a man and his pregnant wife.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsMay 22, 2022 ago
AWAT8349 LR highlighted Vize Spur engraving site
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Vize Spur engraving site

Recorded during a field survey conducted prior to the construction of the Sydney to Newcastle freeway through Cowan, this Aboriginal engraving site was determined as being of significant anthropological significance.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsMay 22, 2022 ago
AWAT8305 LR highlighted Campbells Creek Fishing site
Australia Hornsby NSW Sydney - North

Campbells Creek Fishing site

An Aboriginal engraving site above Campbell Creek, depicting two men, fish and a shield, in what may be a fishing scene.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsMay 21, 2022 ago
AWAT8601 LR Cowan to Brooklyn (GNW) Aboriginal engraving sites
Australia Northern Beaches NSW Sydney - North

Cowan to Brooklyn (GNW) Aboriginal engraving sites

Aboriginal engraving sites located near the Cowan to Brooklyn (Great North Walk) trail. Some of these sites were documented over a hundred year ago by W.D. Campbell, and others only recently “discovered”.

By oliverd :-), 4 yearsMay 21, 2022 ago

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