Angorawa Creek Charcoal Motifs

Summary: Aboriginal rock art in a shelter above Angorawa Creek, with three charcoal motifs and two remants of hand stencils.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Hand, Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2019

A deep and tall overhang above Angorawa Creek has some charcoal Aboriginal rock art and hand stencils.

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One of the charcoal figures appears to be the upper half of a human; human figures with upraised arms being a common motif in a number of shelters along Angorawa Creek and New Yard Creek.

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Two other motifs are less obvious.

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There are also two hand stencils, although they are almost impossible to see without image enhancement.

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