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Aboriginal People of the Sydney Region

Marine reptiles


Archaeological material from shell middens at Balmoral Beach and Cammeray on Sydney Harbour, suggest that turtles may have been captured and eaten. Turtles, such as the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas, Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea and the Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta, visit Sydney's estuaries but none of them are common visitors.






Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas. Photo: H Cogger









Leatherback Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. Photo: H Cogger