Summary: At least four weathered Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre along a dry creek in the lower Blue Mountains
Site type: Stencil - Hand
Number of motifs: 4
Motif/s: Hand
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Weathered
Year first recorded: 2023
A low shelter in the lower Blue Mountains has several Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre. It’s an unusual site, with the shelter forming the bank of the (dry) creek.
There at least four hand stencils – although they are very weathered and hard to see without image enhancment.
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.
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.
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.
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