Rock Art Research

Sandstone shelters and open sandstone platforms with Aboriginal rock art were observed by the Illawarra Prehistory Group after wildfires on the Woronora Plateau in the adjacent areas of the Metropolitan Catchment and Royal National Park. These areas had different fire regimes. Where fires were infrequent and intense in the Metropolitan Catchment, fire-induced exfoliation was noted in a small number of shelters, whereas in the Royal National Park, where fires were frequent, it was absent in shelters but common on open pavements.