Summary: A shelter with Aboriginal rock art above the upper reaches of Mullet Creek, which has a number of motifs. As well as hand stencils, there are figures drawn in charcoal and red ochre.

Above the upper reaches of Mullet Creek is a long shelter, which has a large amount of Aboriginal rock art.

The most obvious motifs are a number of white hand stencils.

A small niche has a couple more stencils.

Less obvious are a number of drawings in red ochre, which can’t easily be seen. They may represent an emu and two anthropomorphs.

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There are also some figures drawn in charcoal.

At one end of the shelter is a midden (a smaller, nearby shelter also has a midden).

Although the art has not been damaged or vandalised, there is also some evidence of prior non-indigenous human habitation.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Over a hundred Aboriginal sites have been recorded in the Hornsby region, with many of these in the Berowra Valley National Park and around the suburb of Berowra.
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