The Hunter Region covers a large area to the north of Sydney: the hills and rivers in the Hunter Valley were created by Baiame, an ancestral deity. The traditional custodians of this area were the Wonnarua, Darkinjung, Wiradjuri and Awabakal people. A large number of rock art sites can be found this area, including the Baiame Cave and Finchley Aboriginal Area. While national parks protect many of the Aboriginal rock art sites, there are still many which are located on private land.
A spectacular Aboriginal rock art site in Yengo National in the lower Hunter Valley, Yengo 1 has over 500 motifs including stencils, paintings and engravings as well as engravings and axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 507
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Unknown recording date
- Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff, Jo McDonald
Yengo 2 is a spectacular Aboriginal rock art site in Yengo National in the lower Hunter Valley. The shelter has 94 figures, including 40 stencils and many depictive motifs.
- Number of motifs: 93
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Unknown recording date
- Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff, Jo McDonald
A long but very low shelter in the Big Yango Precinct, which contains 22 tally marks engraved in the sandstone.
- Number of motifs: 22
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1986
- Originally recorded by: Jo McDonald
The Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter is a large, deep overhang in Yengo National Park with Aboriginal rock art (charcoal drawing and hand stencils).
- Number of motifs: 4
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2018
A small shelter along Big Yengo Creek, which has Aboriginal rock art including a star or starburst, and 16 stencils in white ochre.
- Number of motifs: 17
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2018
Two adjacent and potentially related Aboriginal rock engraving sites near Boree Valley Road, which depict a koala, two kangaroos and over 30 animal tracks.
The Cutta Muttan Creek Shelter contains some spectacular Aboriginal rock art, including multiple human figures and a club in red ochre and over 130 hand stencils.
- Number of motifs: 145
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1893
- Originally recorded by: R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy, Warren Bluff, W.J Enright
Accessible by four-wheel drive (or by walking), this deeply spiritual site is located along the Boree track and includes the spirit footprints of Biame.
- Number of motifs: 113
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1937
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- View site sketch
The signposted Finchley cultural walk provides access to the Finchley Aboriginal Site, considered one of the best Aboriginal engraving sites in Australia.
- Number of motifs: 137
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good, Vandalised, Re-grooved
- Year first recorded: 1937
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- View site sketch
Three Aboriginal hand stencils (two of them quite weathered) in a shelter below Finchley Campground in Yengo National Park.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2024
A long sandstone shelter in the MacDonald River area of Yengo NAtional Park, which has some weathered charcoal art.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1991
- Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff
A shelter with Aboriginal rock art in a gully near Jacks Track, which has over 50 motifs. They include drawings in charcoal, white and red ochre, and hand stencils.
- Number of motifs: 50
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2018
- Originally recorded by: Bob Pankhurst
An impressive Aboriginal rock art gallery in a tall but shallow shelter near Jacks Trail. Most of the art consists of charcoal figures, with some red ochure figures and faint hand stencils.
- Number of motifs: 45
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2018
A small but deep waterhole with axe grinding grooves next to Jacks Track in St Albans
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2022
An interesting Aboriginal rock art site in the Hunter Valley near Murrays Run, which has a very well-preserved panel of charcoal figures. They include kangaroos and a series of copulating couples.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1967
- Originally recorded by: Margrit Koettig, W.J. Needham
- View site sketch
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