Hat Hill Aboriginal engraving site

Summary: A small Aboriginal rock engraving site below Hat Hill in Blackheath, which has emu (or bird) prints and grinding grooves.

At the head of Bennett Gully below Hat Hill is a small Aboriginal engraving site, on an isolated rock platform.

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The site has a total of 13 emu or bird tracks.

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A few are hard to see, but most are still fairly clear.

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Also scattered around the rock platform are multiple axe grinding grooves, with nine grooves clustered around a shallow depression.

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A few more grooves are among the engraved bird tracks.

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