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.
An Aboriginal engravng of a snake (which is bent double) along the Resolute Track.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
An enormous Aboriginal engraving of a whale (just under 12m in length) above the Resolute Track.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- View site sketch
Single Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo on a rock platform near the Salvation Loop Track.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1988
- Originally recorded by: Steven Chapple
Aboriginal engravings of four kangaroos, a wombat and what looks like an emu on a rock platform near the Salvation Loop Track.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1988
An Aboriginal rock engraving of an indeterminate object, on top of a large rock near Currawong Beach.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1986
- View site sketch
Aboriginal engraving of a bulbous headed club on Topham Hill
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2021
Aboriginal engraving of an eel on the southern side of Topham Hill
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1989
- Originally recorded by: Jo McDonald
An interesting Aboriginal engraving site on Topham Hill depicting a school of 30 fish; below this site is a weathered carving of a man.
- Number of motifs: 67
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- View site sketch
Aboriginal rock carving of a male wallaby or kangaroo, on Topham Hill.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1986
Multiple Aboriginal engravings located on five sites across the western side of Topham Hill, on a series of rock ledges.
- Number of motifs: 30
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1944
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site near the Topham Trail, which has two overlapping men.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1988
Axe grinding grooves and water channels along a creek below the Topham Trail.
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2019
- Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
A small site near the Topham Trail with an indistinct engraving, which may be a boomerang.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of art: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2020
- Originally recorded by: Bob Conroy
An Aboriginal engraving of a circle, carved on a small boulder near the Topham Trail.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 2017
- Originally recorded by: Steven Chapple
A fairly distinct Aboriginal engraving of an emu, near the Topham Trail
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of art: Good
- Year first recorded: 1987