Calabash Creek Shelter

Summary: A small but deep shelter near Calabash Creek, which has a small panel of Aboriginal rock art with stencils and drawings.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Emu, Hand, Kangaroo, Wombat
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2017

A small but deep and protected shelter under a large boulder protects an interesting Aboriginal rock art site, which is near a tributary of Calabash Creek.

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The shelter contains three hand stencils and a number of charcooal drawings.

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One of the more unusual figures is a woman, with upraised arms (drawn in charcoal and with a white outline).

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There is an emu (below) and a wallaby or kangaroo drawn in charcoal, both very weathered.

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There are a total of three hand stencils; one in white, and two in yellow pigment.

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