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 very weathered hand stencil in a low shelter at the head of a gully in the Maroora State Forest.
Two hand stencils in a small shelter in Maroota State Forest.
A long snake-like figure drawn in red ochre in a deep shelter within Maroota State Forest.
A deep shelter in Maroota State Forest which has a number of charcoal motifs, including multiple large birds (or emus) and two snakes.
A small shelter with a very faded panel of Aboriginal art in charcoal, and an unusual anthropomorphic figure.
A small fish engraved on an isolated boulder in Maroota State Forest.
A complex Aboriginal rock art assemblage in Maroota, which has stencils and drawings in charcoal, white ochre and red ochre. Nearby is a cluster of grinding grooves.
A significant Aboriginal contact rock art site above the Hawkesbury River depicting a sailing ship; other figures include kangaroos, fish and had stencils.
Two small, adjacent shelters with Aboriginal rock art including two eels in white ochre.
A small human figure in red ochre and some charcoal motifs in a shallow overhang at the base of a long cliff.
An unusual Aboriginal rock art site in the Ourimbah State Forest, with two human figures in red ochre drawn inside a large boulder.
A small Aboriginal rock art shelter in Ourimbah State Forest which resembles a breaking wave. It has three charcoal motifs.
Two adjacent shelters with Aboriginal rock art in the Ourimbah State Forest; the main shelter has over 40 motifs in charcoal and red ochre.
A low and small shelter below Prestons Ridge, which contains over 50 Aboriginal rock art motifs in charcoal, white and red ochre.
A shelter with Aboriginal rock art near Walkers Ridge Road, which includes a row of human figures in white ochre.
A deep shelter near Bucketty with Aboriginal rock art in red ochre and charcoal.
A small shelter with Aboriginal rock art above Stokes Creek in Dhawaral National Park; they include a dog/dingo and two birds.
A shallow sandstone shelter in Dhawaral National Park at the base of a tall cliff with Aboriginal rock art including anthropomorphic figures and macropods.

INDIGENOUS SITES BY 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.