 The remains showed signs of great age and exposure and were “scaly and brittle”.The teeth were perfectly preserved, showing no signs of pre-mortem decay, “with the exception of one incisor missing and appeared to have been so for many years.” The contemporary account attributed the remains to be of an Aboriginal due to the apparent age and the missing tooth, considered evidence of a known regional custom of knocking out one of the front teeth, “as a mark of fellowship or a caste distinction, which was performed at a certain age, and admitted the subject to certain rights and privileges.”

During the construction of the water treatment plant in 1965, a further burial was uncovered, the remains and artefacts removed – they have since been repatriated.In September, 2012, Bellambi Point was declared an official Aboriginal Place by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, awarding it legal status as a culturally significant site.