Latest Indigenous Sites

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.

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Eastern Commission Trail Man and Fish

An interesting Aboriginal engraving site next to the Eastern Commission Trail in Dharug NP, which includes a man, two fish and an eel.
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Year first recorded: 1988
  • Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff
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Eastern Commission Trail Man with Headdress

An Aboriginal engraving of a man with a rayed headdress near the Eastern Commission Trail in Dharug NP.
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Year first recorded: 2016
  • Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
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Haycock Trig Stone Arrangements

Multiple potential Aboriginal stone arrangements along the Haycoock Trig ridge in Dharug National Park.
  • Year first recorded: 1992
  • Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff
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Haycock Trig Bird Engravings

An Aboriginal engraving site below Haycock Trig with three small figures, and a number of axe grinding grooves.
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Year first recorded: 1992
  • Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff
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Forest Way Mundoe

A weathered Aboriginal engraving of a shield on a rock platform near Morgan Road in Belrose.
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Year first recorded: 1899
  • Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
  • Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 16
  • McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 92 (1)
  • View site sketch
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Morgan Road (Belrose) Shields engraving

A weathered Aboriginal engraving of a shield on a rock platform near Morgan Road in Belrose.
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Year first recorded: 1990
  • Originally recorded by: Michael Guider
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Tari Creek White and Charcoal Figures

A large sandstone shelter above Tari Creek, which has several unusual Aboriginal rock art figures in white and charcoal.
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Year first recorded: 2008
  • Originally recorded by: William Moon
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Tari Creek Stencil Shelter

A single Aboriginal hand stencil in a small overhang near Tari Creek.
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Year first recorded: 2012
  • Originally recorded by: William Moon
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Tari Creek Grinding Grooves

A row of Aboriginal axe grinding grooves in a long shelter above Tari Creek in the Wollemi.
  • Year first recorded: 2012
  • Originally recorded by: William Moon
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Tari Creek Charcoal Figure

A small Aboriginal rock art shelter near Tari Creek in the Wollemi with a single charcoal figure.
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Year first recorded: 2012
  • Originally recorded by: William Moon
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Lords Bay Shelter

A long shelter above the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track, which has several Aboriginal hand stencils and a kangaroo drawn in charcoal.
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Year first recorded: 1983
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Winson Bay Boulder

A small boulder near the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track with very weathered figures in charcoal, red ochre and white ochre.
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Year first recorded: 2001
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Wheeny Creek Charcoal Gallery

A shallow overhang with Aboriginal rock art above Wheeny Creek, which has over fifty motifs (almost all in charcoal).
  • Number of motifs: 55
  • Year first recorded: 2026
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Red Ochre Fish

An Aboriginal rock art site next to the Mount Ku-ring-gai Track with a single fish in red ochre.
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Year first recorded: 2017
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Kangaroo and Eels

Several vertical Aboriginal engravings next to the Mount Ku-ring-gai Track, including a kangaroo and pair of eels.
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Year first recorded: 2017
  • Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track White Man Cave

A large Aboriginal rock art shelter near the Mount Ku-ring-gai Track; it has over 50 figures (many very weathered) which include a man in white ochre, many hand and arm stencils and a red ochre fish.
  • Number of motifs: 50
  • Year first recorded: 1983
  • View site sketch
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Koradji

A long and deep shelter above the Mount Ku-ring-gai Track which may have been a ceremonial site; it includes numerous koradji figures in red ochre and a long snake in charcoal.
  • Number of motifs: 12
  • Year first recorded: 2021
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Mt Ku-ring-gai Track Baiame

An Aboriginal engraving of a large deity figure (possibly Baiame) below the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track on a small rock platform.
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Year first recorded: 2023

INDIGENOUS SITES BY PARK

Aboriginal Rock Art – Blue Mountains National Park
Red Hands Cave, Glenbrook (Blue Mountains)
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Hornsby Shire
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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.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Lane Cove
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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.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Maroota and Marramarra NP
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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.