The latest indigenous sites I’ve visited and documented, with links to historical records where available. To find a specific site or search by site features, use the Indigenous Site Search.
A complex Aboriginal rock art site in Kulnura which has over a hundred motifs, including 50+ hand stencils, boomerangs, kangaroos and a gridded basket.
- Number of motifs: 110
- Year first recorded: 1975
- Originally recorded by: Val Attenbrow
Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby or kangaroo on a small, sloping rock near Wisemans Ferry Road.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
Multiple sets of axe grinding grooves on two unnamed creeks below Peats Ridge Road.
- Year first recorded: 1996
Originally called Wards Cave by Bob Pankhurst, this small shelter contains Aboriginal rock art including a kangaroo, deity figure and hand stencils.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: Bob Pankhurst
A small shelter with remains of a timbergetters' camp, which has over ten Aboriginal hand and arm stencils.
- Number of motifs: 16
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: Bob Pankhurst
A large Aboriginal rock art shelter near O'Hares Creek in Dhawaral National Park, which has over 50 motifs in charcooal. They include many birds/emus and human figures.
- Number of motifs: 62
- Year first recorded: 1978
Two Aboriginal engraving sites on the same ridge in Berowra, which have a large Baiame figure and an incomplete whale.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 97
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A complex Aboriginal engraving site on a ridge in Berowra, which was described as representing a hunting scene. The figures include four men, two wallabies and many fish.
- Number of motifs: 23
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 96
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An unusual Aboriginal rock art site with a human-like figure engraved on a vertical rock.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 2016
- Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
A small Aboriginal rock art shelter above Ourimbah Creek which has multiple motifs on the ceiling in charcoal and red ochre, including a number of human figures.
- Number of motifs: 15
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Bob Pankhurst
A large Aboriginal rock art shelter which features three sets of "dancing men" in charcoal and white ochre, as well as a bandicoot and indeterminate figures.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Bob Pankhurst
An Aboriginal rock art shelter above Ourimbah Creek with multiple motifs in charcoal and white and red ochre (including a large macropod).
- Number of motifs: 8
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Bob Pankhurst
An intriguing Aboriginal site in Duffys Forest, which has a snake engraving, axe grinding grooves and a pecked channel.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 2022
A single, isolated grinding groove along a mostly dry creek bed in Duffys Forest.
- Year first recorded: 2022
An Aboriginal engraving of a Daramulan figure in Duffys Forest.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 2022
Two water holes along a creek in Duffys Forest, which have two grinding grooves and water channels.
- Year first recorded: 2022
Eight axe grinding grooves around a small pothole along a creek bed in Duffys Forest.
- Year first recorded: 2022
A long shelter in Duffys Forest with Aboriginal rock art, including over ten hand stencils as well as charcoal drawings.
- Number of motifs: 18
- Year first recorded: 2022
Three axe grinding grooves next to three water holes along a creek in Duffys Forest.
- Year first recorded: 2022
A large whale engraving on a vertical sandstone rock near Sailors Bay.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1970
INDIGENOUS SITES BY PARK
