Summary: A small rock platform near the Topham Trail with a very weathered Aboriginal engraving of a small man.
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 1
Motif/s: Man
Quality: 1/5
Condition of site: Weathered
Year first recorded: 2020
Originally Recorded by: Bob Conroy
An Aboriginal engraving of a small man (about 1.5m in height), on a small rock platform east of the Topham Trail. The figure is very weathered, and very hard to see without good lighting.
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.
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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