Over 650 indigenous heritage sites are preserved in the Royal National Park, where archaeological excavations in the 1960s (amongst the earliest in southeastern Australia) demonstrated how the tools and equipment used by Aboriginal people and their way of life had changed over time. Compared to the north of Sydney, there is a higher proportion of cave art (pictographs).Â
Originally recorded as part of four sites in the area, the Bulbous Headed Man near Bundeena is one of only four around Sydney.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1962
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- View site sketch
Two whales engraved at the top of a large rock platform near Bundeena (originally recorded as part of four sites in the area by Ian Sim).
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1962
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site with one whale and two fish on a large rock platform near Bundeena (originally recorded as part of four sites in the area by Ian Sim).
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1962
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- View site sketch
A significant, signposted Aboriginal engraving site in the Royal National Park, the Jibbon Head Engravings are a short walk from Bundeena. The carvings can be seen from an elevated boardwalk with interpretive signage.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1904
A low shelter with Aboriginal rock art mostly in charcoal, with some red ochre. The figures include a wombat or kangaroo, snake and fish.
- Number of motifs: 16
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1998
- Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff
A small charcoal frieze with three men in a small and low shelter above the eastern arm of South West Arm Creek.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1998
- Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff