Summary: An Aboriginal engraving of a small fish along the Hardys Bay Trail in Bouddi National Park.
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of sites: 2
Number of motifs: 2
Motif/s: Fish
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 2018
A single Aboriginal engraving of a fish, near the end of the Hardys Bay Trail in Bouddi National Park. It’s unusual in its position on a very small rock face.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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