Editing Heathcote National Park (section)

==History==
[[File:AboriginalSite0008.jpg|right|thumb|Aboriginal charcoal drawing along Myuna Creek]]
[[File:Chosen4.JPG|thumb|Heathcote Creek]]
Before European settlement, the [[Dharawal]] people, an [[Aboriginal Australian]] people, lived in the area. They left their mark at a number of known sites, which include [[shield tree]]s along the Bullawarring Track and [[charcoal drawing]]s along Myuna Creek. In addition, a number of Europeans lived in rough huts in the park during the [[Great Depression]], leaving behind meagre ruins at places like Myuna Creek.<ref name=paton>{{cite book|title=Sydney and Blue Mountains Bushwalks|author=Paton, Neil|publisher=Kangaroo Press|year=2004|pages=132, 137–139}}</ref>

In the early 1930s, The Sydney Bushwalkers and the Mountain Trails Club of New South Wales had a lease on {{convert|75|ha}} of land in the area, and were probably responsible for the creation of some of the early tracks and camp sites. This was the beginning of Heathcote National Park, which eventually grew to over two thousand hectares.<ref>Map of Royal NP, Heathcote NP and Garrawarra State Recreation Area (Department of Lands) Fourth Edition</ref>