Summary: A row of Aboriginal axe grinding grooves in a long shelter above Tari Creek in the Wollemi.
Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG)
Number of AGGs: 15
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 2012
Originally Recorded by: William Moon
A long and weathered sandstone shelter in a side gully off Tari Creek has a number of Aboriginal axe grinding grooves; an unusual location as they are not near any reliable water.
There are at least fifteen grooves – some very shallow – along the floor of the shelter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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