Summary: A small charcoal frieze with three men in a small and low shelter above the eastern arm of South West Arm Creek.
Site type: Cave Painting
Number of motifs: 4
Motif/s: Man
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Weathered
Year first recorded: 1998
Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff
A low shelter above the eastern arm of South West Arm Creek contains a small charcoal frieze of Aboriginal art. It has three human figures with upraised arms; one of them is very weathered.
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.
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.
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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