Summary: A small group of Aboriginal engravings near Devils Rock; one of the sites has three men and a boomerang.
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 4
Motif/s: Boomerang, Man
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 1993
Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff
Near Devils Rock (Burragurra) on a large rock platform are a number of weathered engravings. The most interesting of these is a group of three engraved men.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
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.
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.
A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.
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