Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter with Art

Summary: The Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter is a large, deep overhang in Yengo National Park with Aboriginal rock art (charcoal drawing and hand stencils).

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Hand, Indeterminate figure
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2018

Named as it was used for drying tobacco by the early settlers, this shelter also contains traces of Aboriginal rock art. The large overhang has a sloping, sandy floor.

1X3A0546 LR Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter with Art
1X3A0547 LR Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter with Art

Parts of the sandstone walls and roof have been weathered by the wind, and there’s an enormous (and fortunately deserted) wasp nest.

1X3A0538 LR Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter with Art
1X3A0539 LR Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter with Art

Hiddem on one of the smooth sections of the wall is a charcoal drawing.

1X3A0543 LR Big Yengo Tobacco Shelter with Art

The shelter also has some faded red ochre hand stencils.

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