Summary: An Aboriginal engraving site near Berowra Waters, with an arm on a vertical rock surface.
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 1
Motif/s: Arm
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 1982
Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff
On a vertical rock just above Berowra Creek is an Aboriginal engraving of an arm. It was first recorded by Warren Bluff, and the figure has very shallow grooves.
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
Hornsby Shire - which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region - contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.
Bordered by Wollemi and Yengo National Park, the Parr State Conservation Area has many indigenous heritge sites, including rock engravings, cave pintings and axe grinding grooves.
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