Rock Art Research

In this paper we represent the Aboriginal voice about the importance of rock art and its conservation as strongly as possible, through a conversation at a highly significant rock art site known as Jibbon, on Sydney’s southern fringes. The Sydney region saw the full brunt of European colonisation with an enormous impact on the area’s Aboriginal communities, their well-being and their heritage. It continues to do so today. The conversation is particularly insightful in terms of articulating the links between heritage (especially rock art), traditional culture and contemporary well-being. It not only summarises why rock art sites remain so important for Indigenous Australians today but also highlights many aspects about the threats to heritage, and in turn well-being.