Big Yengo White Star Shelter

Summary: A small shelter along Big Yengo Creek, which has Aboriginal rock art including a star or starburst, and 16 stencils in white ochre.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand, Stencil - Other
  • Number of motifs: 17
  • Motif/s: Hand, Oval, Sunburst
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2018

This Aboriginal rock shelter is named for it’s most prominent motif – a large star or “sunburst”, which has eight white lines radiating from a central point. These motifs are found in a few shelters in this area – but not in any shelters in the Sydney basin (except for an engraving at Commandment Rock in Lane Cove).

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There’s one oval-shaped stencil at the opposite end of the shelter to the starburst.

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Along the back wall of the shelter are at least 15 hand stencils (one of which includes the fore-arm), all in white ochre.

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The north-facing shelter is quite small and shallow.

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