The northern section of Mt Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (Mt Ku-ring-gai to Brooklyn) has hundreds of Aboriginal art sites. They are both along Cowan Creek and the Hawkesbury River, and along the ridges which woud have been used used by the Aboriginal people as travel routes. A number of sites are along the Myall Trail, and the Mt Ku-ring-gai Aboriginal Site has some significant Aboriginal engravings.
The largest figure at this Muogamarra Aboriginal engraving site is a manta ray; nearby are five men, a woman, a kangaroo rat and a very clearly-carved bird.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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A large whale engraving next to the Peats Crater Trail in Muogamarra Nature Reserve. Nearby is a wallaby and two circles (which may represent squid or food for the whale).
- Number of motifs: 5
- Quality: 4/5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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First recorded by the 1st Hornsby Scout Group, this Aboriginal engraving site depicts a man and his pregnant wife.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
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A weathered Aboriginal engraving of two wallabies (or kangaroos) on a sloping rock platform
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1967
- Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
A small Aboriginal engraving site, with two shields and a small man with bent legs.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 1.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
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Below the Shark Rock Ridge in dense scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a "protective deity, holding up a fish with the right hand"
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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An Aboriginal engraving site with an adult and young emu, on a small rock platform just above the Pacific Motorway.
- Number of motifs: -1
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
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One of several Aboriginal engraving sites along Shark Rock Ridge. It includes a large stingray, multiple fish, emus, kangaroos and kangaroo rats and a man (who may be hunting or fishing).
- Number of motifs: 22
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
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An Aboriginal engraving site along Shark Rock Ridge, which may represent "a hunting incident in the mythology or a totemic ritual". It has 14 figures, including two "koala bears" which resemble a Daramulan.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
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A ritual or mythological Aboriginal engraving site along Shark Rock Ridge. The six figures include a man with large and distinct mouth.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
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Along the Shark Rock Ridge track is an Aboriginal engraving of a whale; the enormous figure is ten metres in length, with a goanna and whale inside the whale.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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Shelter with a single Aboriginal charcoal drawing in Taffys Gully.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
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An Aboriginal engraving site on a low saddle along the track to Taffys Rock, which has two whales and a wallaby.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
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Recorded during a field survey conducted prior to the construction of the Sydney to Newcastle freeway through Cowan, this Aboriginal engraving site was determined as being of significant anthropological significance.
- Number of motifs: 35
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good, Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1960
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