Bowen Hill Trail Charcoal Figure

Summary: An Aboriginal rock art site with two charcoal figures in a small shelter near the Bowen Hill Trail in the Wollemi NP.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Bird, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2023

At the base of a low cliff-line near the Bowen Hill Trail is a low and partly weathered shelter, which has a couple of Aboriginal cave paintings in charcoal.

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One figure is fairly clear, and appears to be a bird of some sort.

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Another charcoal figure is very faint, and even with image enhancement it’s hard to determine what it represents.

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