Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter

Summary: An unusual rock engraving site above Bantry Bay, which is within a low shelter. The figures include two echidnsas and boomerangs,

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 11
  • Motif/s: Boomerang, Echidna, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1996
  • Originally Recorded by: Michael Guider

This Aboriginal rock art site near Bantry Bay is unusual; it’s a low shelter which has engravings on the sandstone floor.

AWAT5084 LR Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter

There are over ten motifs, which include two echidnas and multiple boomerangs.

AWAT5076 LR Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter

The two echidnas are the most prominent figures; one of them has a boomerang within the outline of its body.

AWAT5065 LR Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter
AWAT5071 LR Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter

A few of the figures are indeterminate, and have an unusual appearance.

AWAT5073 LR Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter
AWAT5080 LR Bantry Bay Echidna Shelter

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