Summary: A small shelter with multiple red hand stencils in North Wahroonga
Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
Number of motifs: 4
Motif/s: Hand
Quality: 4/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 1979
Despite being relatively close to suburbia in North Wahroonga, this small sandstone shelter is relatively graffiti-free. It has as a number of red ochre handprints, and some other indeterminate drawings.
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.
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.
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
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