A clearly engraved Aboriginal engraving above a tributary of Wheeler Creek; an informal bushwalking and mountain-biking track crosses the large rock platform.

The largest figure was described as a fish by W.D. Campbell in 1899, and as a shark by McCarthy in 1983.

McCarthy also recorded a line of three mundoes, a broad groove and a line figure “representing a bullroarer on a bent line curved into an open ended oval at the other end, or it represents a penis and testicles, 2′ long”. Campbell only described “a very small circle clearly cut” in addition to the fish/shark – but his sketch shows the additional figures. These appear to now be covered by vegetation.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.
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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.
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.