The Garrigal people originally inhabited West Head, which is home to one of the largest known concentrations of recorded Aboriginal sites in Australia. The Basin & Mackerel Trail, America Bay Track and Topham Hill are some areas with significant Aboriginal engraving sites.
A ritual Aboriginal site near the America Bay Track, which features a large Daramulan (ancestral hero)
- Number of motifs: 31
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
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An unusual engraving depicting a man striking a wallaby, on a small platform above a waterfall
- Number of motifs: 4
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
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A giant kangaroo and mundoe (and nearby shield), probably of mythological importance
- 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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A short detour off the America Bay Track reveals some fascinating Aboriginal rock engravings, including a large whale
- Number of motifs: 9
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
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An Aboriginal engraving site below the America Bay Track, which may represent a fishing scene.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
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Aboriginal engravings of an eel and boomerang, below the America Bay Track (West Head)
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2017
- Originally recorded by: Steven Chapple
An Aboriginal engraving of a fish below the Bairne Track at West Head
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2020
- Originally recorded by: Bob Conroy
Aboriginal engraving near Bairne Trig (West Head) with figures incuding a man or woman, and a koala.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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A potentially significant site near the Bairne Trig, which has figures of men and women, an unusual shield and what may be a stone arrangement.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2021
Five mundoes near the Bairne Trig (West Head)
- Number of motifs: 5
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2021
- Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
The Basin Aboriginal Site is a significant, signposted rock engraving site along the Basin Track. It has 53 figures, and interpretative signage.
- Number of motifs: 53
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1964
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
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A small Aboriginal engraving site near the start of the Basin Trail, with a single fish
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2017
Faint hand stencils in a low rock shelter above the Euro Track.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2017
- Originally recorded by: Steven Chapple
A small Aboriginal engraving site near the start of the Basin Trail, with a single eel
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2017
- Originally recorded by: Steven Chapple
A shark, two eels and large fish (originally thought to be a koala) on a rock platform in a valley above The Basin
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1993
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