The Dharawal, Gundungurra and Tharawal people were the traditional custodians of the Macarthur, Wingecarribee Shire and Illawarra region to the south and south-west of Sydney. The Appin massacre of 1816 resulted in the annihilation of many of the Aboriginal people of this area, while farming (and the spread of diseases) displaced and killed many more. Evidence of our indigenous history can be found through the thousands of remaining Aboriginal rock art sites, although many are on private land or in the Sydney water catchment area.
A small shelter above Blue Gum Creek which has a single stencil of a hand and forearm.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 1.5/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2022
A small shelter above Blue Gum Creek, which has eight weathered hand stencils in red ochre.
- Number of motifs: 8
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2022
Minerva Pool in the Dharawal National Park is a sacred women's place for the Aboriginal Dharawal People.
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2011
A single indeterminate charcoal motif in a long shelter above Moore Creek.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 1.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2010
An unusual and well-preserved Aboriginal rock art site above O'Hares Creek in Dhawaral National Park. It has multiple panels of charcoal motifs, many of them depicting human figures.
- Number of motifs: 22
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1989
A large Aboriginal rock art shelter near O'Hares Creek in Dhawaral National Park, which has over 50 motifs in charcooal. They include many birds/emus and human figures.
- Number of motifs: 62
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1978
A rock shelter in Dhawaral National Park oith Aboriginal charcoal drawings which include a vertical motif and a sinuous figure resembling a snake.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Unknown recording date
A significant Aboriginal site along Stonequarry Creek near Picton, which has 120 grinding grooves in three clusters.
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1970
A small rock platform near Victoria Road Firetrail in Dhawaral National Park with three axe grinding grooves.
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Unknown recording date
The Wilton Shelter is a significant and spectacular Aboriginal rock art site in Sydney's south-west. The long shelter has over 60 motifs, all drawn in charcoal including two life-size kangaroos and a large anthropomorphic figures.
- Number of motifs: 60
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good, Graffiti damage, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1964
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- View site sketch – Southern section / Northern section
A rock shelter with Aboriginal hand stencils above Clements Creek. The sandstone wall has extensive graffiti, and many of the stencils are hard to see.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Graffiti damage
- Year first recorded: 1981