Summary: A large man with upraised arms, part of a series of Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy.
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 1
Motif/s: Man
Quality: 2.5/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 1981
Originally Recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 1 in Catalogue of Rock Engravings (1983)
Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S2
Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/6 Series 2 (Kariong)
Close to Woy Woy Road is an Aboriginal engraving of man, with upstretched arms and an unusually long penis. It is part of a series of nine Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy which cross Woy Woy Road.
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.
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.
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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