Balls Head Reserve

The Balls Head Reserve is a forested headland nature reserve situated on Balls Head in Sydney [1]. The headland is in Port Jackson, 1.5 kilometres west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, between Berrys Bay to the east and Balls Head Bay to the west [1]. The original inhabitants were the Cammeraygal people [1]. Evidence of their occupation includes art sites, middens and a spectacular petroglyph of a marine creature [1]. An Aboriginal burial site within a rock shelter was documented by Sandra Bowdler, an archaeologist from the Australian Museum in 1964 [1]. Until 1916, the Balls Head area was frequented by the local Aboriginal community and sites including middens, art sites and rock engravings remain today [1]. The Aboriginal name for Balls Head is Yerroulbine [1].