Summary: Partly covered by moss, this Aboriginal engraving of a macropod is on a small rock platform on Kincumba mountain.
Art type/s: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 1
Motif/s: Kangaroo
Quality: 3.5/5
Condition of art: Good
Year first recorded: 1992
Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff
Partly covered by moss, which is encroaching on the rock platform, is an Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby or kangaroo. The figure has an unusually wide hind leg, which bends sharply at the bottom, and neither front or hind legs have paws.
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.
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.
Over a hundred Aboriginal sites have been recorded in the Hornsby region, with many of these in the Berowra Valley National Park and around the suburb of Berowra.
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.
There are about 300 recorded Aboriginal heritage sites in Wollemi National Park, with the rugged and remote environment meaning many sites are yet to be "discovered" and recorded.
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