Alan Road Shelter (stencils)

Summary: Eleven red ochre hand stencils in a rock shelter near Alan Road (partially destroyed in 1985)

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 11
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Partially Destroyed
  • Year first recorded: 1985

One of two shelters containing Aboriginal art near Alan Road, the western part of this sandstone overhang was destroyed in March 1985 when the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board cleared an access track to a proposed sewerage shaft near Joe Crafts Creek.

Damage 45 6 1186 Alan Road Shelter (stencils)
Source: NPWS
AWAT4554 LR Alan Road Shelter (stencils)

While part of the rockshelter was reduced to rubble before the construction work was stopped, sixteen hand stencils survived in the right-hand section of the overhang (also referred to as the eastern shelter).

AWAT4550 LR Alan Road Shelter (stencils)

Eleven of the red ochre hand stencils are still visible.

  • AWAT4547 LR Alan Road Shelter (stencils)
  • AWAT4530 LR Alan Road Shelter (stencils)
  • AWAT4534 LR Alan Road Shelter (stencils)
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