Summary: An Aboriginal rock art site near a tributary of Piles Creek in Kariong, which has a long anthropomorphic figure and over 60 grinding grooves.

Above a tributary of Piles Creek is an unusual Aboriginal engraving of an anthropomorph; the figure has a very long, narrow body (six metres in length) and a pointed head-dress.

Bob Pankhurst also documented this site; his photo captures most of the elongated figure.

Ten metres north of the anthropomorph on the same rock platform is a large number of grinding grooves (61 to be precise).

Below the rock platform is a shelter with Aboriginal art (which was associated to the rock engraving site by Sim). It has been extensively damaged by graffiti and only a few remnants of charcoal drawings and partial hand stencils are still visible.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

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.
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.