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NOTES ox "ROCK-SHELTERS," or "GIBBA-GUNYAHS," 

 AT DEE WHY LAGOON. 



By R. Etheridge, Junr. 



Several tine " Rock-shelters " may be seen along the escarpment 

 of Hawkesbuiy Sandstone forming the southern boundary of the 

 hollow wherein li( s the Deewhy Lagoon, between Manly and 

 Narrabeen. Some of these were examined by Messrs. G. H. 

 Barrow, R. .Jenkins, and the Writer, and the following notes 

 obtained : — 



The Shelters are of the usual type seen throughout the Port 

 Jackson District, recesses in the escarpment, overhung by thick, 

 more or less tabular masses of rock, in some cases dry and 

 habitable, in others wet and apparently never used by the 

 Aborigines. The Urst examined lay at tlie south-east end of the 

 escarpment, where tlie latter almost abuts on the swampy ground 

 of the lagoon. The length was twenty-nine feet, depth sixteen 

 feet, height from floor to ceiling four feet, the total height 

 inclusive of the rock covering nine feet six inches. Interments 

 did not appear to have been made in this Shelter, or if they had, 

 we failed to discover any remains. From the regular and 

 undisturbed condition of the hearth-earth, I think it more than 



