Summary: Aboriginal engraving of an "unusual pair of human figures" near the Waratah Track. (Part of the Arden Trig series.)

Located near the Waratah Track and part of the Arden Trig Station group of Aboriginal engravings are a pair of men. Described as an “unusual pair of figures” they are both wearing girdles, one has arm-bands and the penis on both figures is pointing upwards. (Although their genitalia could represent vaginas, McCarthy suggested that the lack of breasts menas they were men, with erect penises.)

AWAT5824 Waratah Track MenAWAT5824 highlighted Waratah Track Men

The figures are clearly pecked, but due to natural weathering it’s quite hard to make out all the details of the two men. Both have fngers, while one the feet are sometimes showsn with toes, and other times as stumps.

AWAT5821 Waratah Track Men

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

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.
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.
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.