Survey of Aboriginal sites in the Yengo and Wollemi National Parks (2026) as part of Commonwealth First Nations Heritage Value Grant undertaken 2024-2026, and shows relevant significant art sites photographed after
the publication of Spirit of Place - Aboriginal Sites of the Hunter Region (2021).

Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the support of my family - my wife Libby, my daughters Kerri-Ann, Nikki and Ashlee. I am sincerely appreciative of my team of volunteers - especially Allan Chawner and Carol Carter for
their help with survey work, photography and their administrative support in the making of this book.

I would like to acknowledge the very generous support of the following people who gave their time to assist. Jim Mitchell has helped with finding sites, mapping, planning and research. Bill Needham, author of Burragurra
Revisited (2019) recently allowed access to his files that locate many sites, some unrecorded. Jim is currently researching these files for ongoing surveys.

I would like to acknowledge Shayne Forty, Sandy Grace, Kiama West, and Jessica Wardhaugh and the team from NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services who have assisted with this work. National Parks' staff assisted with the difficult task of updating the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS} and provided friendly and supportive advice. They have been an integral part of the project.

I would like to thank archaeologists, Professor Jo McDonald, University of Western Australia, and Dr Jillian Huntley, Griffen University, who have shared their knowledge of rock art from the survey area.

I would like to thank Michelle Hessing for her support with the website. Also, Gionni Di Gravio, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle, for his wonderful help with historic research and the Hunter Living Histories
website, which will include this book along with the Spirit of Place publication.

I would like to acknowledge the Commonwealth First Nations Heritage Value Grants Program which made the survey work 2024-2026 possible through their financial support.

Note - The publication includes some sites for reference outside of the survey period. Some are for reference to text and some are previously unpublished.

Uncle Warren Taggart

Copyright ©Warren Taggart 2026