Summary: An Aboriginal rock art shelter near Peats Ridge which has four large, anthroporphic deity figures, as well as charcoal art and numerous hand stencils.

An east-facing shelter near Brieses Road in Peats Ridge, which – despite some graffiti – contains some impressive figures in red ochre, as well as charcoal art and stencils.

Four anthroporphic figures are drawn in red ochre across the back wall of the shelter; they all have outstretched arms and a series of rays emanating from their heads.

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There are more figures drawn in red ochre which need image enhancement to be clearly seen; one of them has a white ochre outline and is described by Bob Pankhurst as an eel.

There are numerous figures in charcoal, including a man and woman with a wallaby/kangaoo below them, and what may be a bird.

Two hand stencils are very obvious…

…while another six hand stencils are much harder to see, especially as they are superimposed on other figures.

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