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==Portrayal in the ''Awaba'' (Lake Macquarie) area== In the area surrounding [[Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)|''Awaba'' (Lake Macquarie)]] in [[New South Wales]], Australia,<ref>Wright.T- Belongs the [[Kamilaroi]] people {{clarification needed|date=December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/yengo-national-park/learn-more |title=Yengo National Park: Learn more |author=NSW National Parks |website=NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |publisher=NSW Government |access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> he was believed to have created all of the mountains, lakes, rivers and caves in the area. After he finished creating, he jumped back up to the spirit world from [[Mount Yengo]], which he flattened. Its flat top can still be seen to this day, near Wollombi Valley.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wollombivalley.com/OurHeritage/AboriginalHistory/tabid/380/Default.aspx |title=Aboriginal History |website=Wollombi Valley |year=2007 |publisher=Wollombi Valley Chamber of Commerce |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718074627/http://www.wollombivalley.com/OurHeritage/AboriginalHistory/tabid/380/Default.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-18 }}</ref> A cave near Milbrodale contains many Wonnarua Aboriginal paintings, including a large figure of a man who may be Baiame. It is popularly known as the Baiame Cave and is part of a series of rock shelters on an area of 80 hectares. The site is listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]] and is considered a [[Australian Aboriginal sacred site|sacred site]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Heritage of Australia |author1=Australian Heritage Commission |last2=Bilney |first2=Elizabeth |location=South Melbourne, Vic. |publisher=Macmillan |year=1981 |page=2/211}}</ref>
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