ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on a recent example of rock art discovery that continues to strengthen contemporary social and individual identity, pride, and interest in the past among various people of Aboriginal descent in south eastern Australia. The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area is of importance to Aboriginal peoples reconnecting with Aboriginal culture, with the rock art discoveries integral to this process. It also focuses on largest site, Eagle's Reach. The chapter discusses its relationship to surrounding landscapes and the prominent role it played and continues to play as a marker and place of social identity for various groups of Aboriginal people. Eagle's Reach is considered one of the most important pigment-based rock art sites in southeast Australia, but it was discovered, by four bushwalkers, only as recently as October 1995. Eagle's Reach is located in a rugged part of Wollemi National Park.
