Although Cottage Point has no signposted Aboriginal heritage sites, the area has over a hundred Aboriginal rock engraving, cave art and midden sites.
An Aboriginal engraving site next to the Centre Trail, which includes three figures, two shields and a large fish.
- Number of motifs: 8
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1983
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A line leading north-south of (approximately) ten mundoes near the Centre Trail
- Number of motifs: 10
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1978
- Originally recorded by: Bob Conroy
The Ellis Trig North site at Cottage Point has three boomerangs, a bullroarer and a pierced seal.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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The Hungry Trig engravings are on a small rock platform below a low cliff, surrounded by dense bush. The site has many figures including 12 ovals and three decorated men.
- Number of motifs: 27
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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Three shelters along a low cliff line near the Hungry Trig station contain one or two Aboriginal red ochre hand stencils
- Number of motifs: 4
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1978
- Originally recorded by: Bob Conroy
Three vertical Aboriginal rock engravings of fish, above Smiths Creek
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1964
An unusual depiction of Baiame at an Aboriginal engraving site above Cottage Point Road. The figure has two horns, and is holding a shield and a dilly bag.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1894
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
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A small but interesting Aboriginal engraving site just below Cottage Point Road, with over 20 figures including two men (or deities) and two women, one of whom has caught a fish.
- Number of motifs: 24
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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Sandstone shelter along Smiths Creek with three fish drawn in charcoal.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Quality: 4/5
- Year first recorded: 1943
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
An Aboriginal engraving of a goanna or lizard, just below Cottage Point Road
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2017
- Originally recorded by: Steven Chapple
Three very distinct Aboriginal hand stencils and a fish in red ochre, on rock overhangs along Smiths Creek
- Number of motifs: 8
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
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Deep shelter above Smiths Creek, with Aboriginal cave art (two men painted in red ochre)
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Graffiti damage, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1986
- Originally recorded by: Jo McDonald
A significant Aboriginal engraving site at Cottage Point, with two deity (Baiame) figures. Both have a rayed headress and vertical stripes on their bodies.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving of a deity (probably Baiame) on a large rock platform below the Taber trig station
- Number of motifs: 5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving of a man or deity on a large rock platform below the Taber trig station.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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