Sydney Ancient Aboriginal Rock Art


Bondi Golf Course

Aboriagnal rock carvings can be found on the southern or sea side of Bondi Golf Course, between the sewerage ventilation shaft and the cliff.

Another Aboriginal carving can be found at Ben Buckler, the headland east of Bondi Beach. It is approximately a metre long and represents a turtle.
Bondi Golf Course Aboriginal Site (Murriverie)

Gumbooya Reserve, Allambie Heights

There are over 1000 Aboriginal sites in North Sydney, including: Lane Cove, Willoughby, Manly, Warringah, Ku-ring-gai, and Pittwater.

Gumbooya Reserve, Allambie Heights, has about 68 rock carvings, including a fish, a dolphin, and a large human figure.

Balls Head Reserve

Balls Head Reserve rock engravings in Waverton, Sydney. Located near the Coal Loader is an Aboriginal engraving of a whale.

The Aboriginal name for Balls Head is Yerroulbine.
Balls Head Reserve in Waverton, NSW, engraving of a whale with a man inside its belly

Belrose (Narrabeen. Deep Creek, Moon Rock Art)

Lizard Rock bushland, Morgan Road, Belrose, has a wallaby rock engraving. A few kilometres away, the Moon Rock engravings site at Ingleside has about 86 rock engravings.

At Bantry Bay Aboriginal Site, Garigal National Park in Middle Harbour within Sydney Harbour, has over 100 carvings. Engravings can be found in the Garigal National Park, located about 13 kilometres north of the Sydney CBD.
Bantry Bay is the first boriginal rock engraving site near Sydney, NSW that Europeans visited in 1788
Moon Rock site is located a in Kuringai Chase National Park, 20km north of Sydney's CBD. There are 50 engravings depicting different phases of the moon, tools and weapons.

Cromer Heights Rock Engravings Site has 36 rock engravings and a rock shelter. The suburb is 20 kilometres north-east of Sydney CBD.
Cromer Heights Rock Engravings Site has 36 rock engravings and a rock shelter. The suburb is 20 kilometres north-east of Sydney CBD.

Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park 

Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, 20km north of the Sydney CBD, has a large collection of Aboriginal art. There are three main sites: The Echidna Engraving Site, The Basin Engraving Site and The Elvina Engraving Site. 
Aboriginal art in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Sydney, NSW

Terry Hills

Terrey Hills, Aboriginal site, is adjacent to the Terrey Hills Golf Range, off Larool Road. Terrey Hills is 26 kilometres north of the Sydney CBD.
Aboriginal rock carvings, Terrey Hills, New South Wales, Sydney, photo by Sardaka

Nielsen Park, Vaucluse

At the base of Hermit Bay, at Milk Beach, Vaucluse, there are rock carvings of fish, shields and human figures. Also, various Aboriginal ochre hand stencils.

Bundeena (Jibbon Aboriginal Carvings)

In the Royal National Park about 30 kms from the Sydney CBD, take  the walking track from Bundeena to Marley Head, climb up to low cliffs and view Aboriginal carvings from the steel walkway and viewing platform.
jibbon beach Aboriginal carvings, Royal National Park, NSW


Aboriginal Rock Art around Sydney