Berowra Waters (Turner Firetrail) Rockshelter

Summary: A long rock shelter near Franks Gully in the Berowra Valley National Park contains a number of cave paintings, and a shield engraved above the cave

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting, Rock engraving
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo, Possum, Shield, Wombat
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of art: Good, Graffiti damage
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1984
  • Originally Recorded by: Jo McDonald

Situated part-way down a steep slope in the Berowra Valley National Park below the Turner Firetrail is a large rock platform, on which a solitary shield is engraved.

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Below the rock platform is an extraordinarily long sandstone shelter, appearing from outside like a long wave.

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Inside the shelter are a number of charcoal motifs. Some figures are fairly distinct; the motifs include a kangaroo, wombat and possum.

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There are is also evidence of graffiti, with some of the drawings not Aboriginal.

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