Summary: An Aboriginal engraving along the Christys Gully Firetrail on the Central Coast with two back-to-back male profile figures.
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 2
Motif/s: Man
Quality: 4/5
Condition of site: Good, Weathered
Year first recorded: 1960
Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
Sim Reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/3 S2 (Mt White)
Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 5/3 Series 2 (Mooney Mooney-Mt White), p.34
First documented by Ian Sim in 1960, this Aboriginal engraving site is one of several in a series that includes fish, kangaroos an echidna and a wombat.
The two men are back-to-back and in profile; both are about the same size.
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo 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.
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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