Hunter Valley Aboriginal rock art, featuring Baiame the creator, listed on the State Heritage Register

Updated August 10 2015 - 8:43pm, first published 8:42pm
ABORIGINAL HERITAGE: R.H. Mathews’ first published a paper about Aboriginal culture in 1893 in which he sketched the Hunter Valley rock painting of Baiame, the creator.
ABORIGINAL HERITAGE: R.H. Mathews’ first published a paper about Aboriginal culture in 1893 in which he sketched the Hunter Valley rock painting of Baiame, the creator.

A rare Aboriginal rock art site that features a larger-than-life, painted male ­figure overlooking the Hunter Valley has been given the state’s highest form of heritage protection.

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