Summary: A potentially significant site near the Bairne Trig, which has figures of men and women, an unusual shield and what may be a stone arrangement.

This seems to be a significant Aboriginal engraving site near Bairne Trig, although the the figures were not recorded by Campbell, McCarthy or Sim. At one end of the site is a man (or deity) who has an oval protuberance from his headl it may be an ornament or his hair. (A deity at Mount Murray Anderson has a similar protuberance, while a man in Muogamarra Reserve with a similar protuberance was described as having a “pointed hair curl”).

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Thete are a number of adjacent figures at the opposite end of the site, which are also quite close to each other. A man and woman are just above above a speared fish.

AWAT4571 LR Bairne Trig Figures

The shield and fish are fairly distinct.

The man and woman also have quite distinct features; both their arms are upraised and they have pointed feet (with no toes).

AWAT4576 LR Bairne Trig Figures

Just above these four figures is another human-like figure and a quite unusual shield.

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The man (or anthropomorph) has lines or ornaments across his chest, and two protrusions from his head. He also appears to be holding two objects.

AWAT4592 LR Bairne Trig Figures

The shield, which is about a metre in length, has multiple longitudinal lines as well as what appear to be crescents or boomerangs wthtin its outline.

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Beyond the engravings is what may be a stone arrangement.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Located to the north-west of Sydney, just south of the Dharug and Yengo National Parks, Maroota has a high concentration of (known) Aboriginal sites. Many more Aboriginal heritage sites are located in the Marramarra National Park. The original inhabitants of the area were the Darug people.
Over a hundred Aboriginal sites have been recorded in the Hornsby region, with many of these in the Berowra Valley National Park and around the suburb of Berowra.