1 giug 22960 anni a. C. - Oldest rock engravings

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Rock engravings, on land now known as Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

Engraved images of ancestral beings, astronomical constellations, humans, animals and objects such as tools and weapons give insight into beliefs and daily life.

A first design was scratched out on the surface using a rock. A sharp rock and a hammer stone were then used to make deep notches at points along the design and the spaces between the notches were then carved out.

The Australian Museum used a stylised outline of the rock engraving of an echidna from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park as its logo from 2006 to 2015 with the tagline ‘nature, culture, discover’.

When Europeans arrived in 1788 they sailed into an art gallery of over 10,000 rock engravings. Each artwork told a story and held knowledge for its community. Many no longer remain but it is estimated that 2000 have survived in the Sydney region.

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