Blue Gum Creek Hand Stencil Shelter

Summary: A small shelter above Blue Gum Creek which has a single stencil of a hand and forearm.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Arm, Hand
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2022

A small but deep sandstone overhang in a tributary of Blue Gum Creek, which contains Aboriginal rock art.

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The single motif in red ochre is a hand, and part of an arm.

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