Aboriginal Heritage, NSW

At the time European settlement began (1788), there was a rich Aboriginal culture in place right across the country. Much of it has been destroyed or replaced; here are just a few examples of the sites I visit.

The world as it looked to those Europeans in 1788.

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Lilyfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Callan Point Aboriginal Engravings on the Cliff-Face Walk. One of five distinct aboriginal sites here (the others are shell middens, approximately 4,500 years old); showing a combination of aboriginal and colonial carvings.

Some (notably the shield) may have even been carved more recently, by inhabitants of the Callan Park asylum.

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