Calga Charcoal Figures Shelter

Summary: An Aboriginal art shelter above Peats Ridge Road, which has a charcoal drawing of a kangaroo; above the shelter is a mundoe.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Foot, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim, R Taplin

Above Peats Ridge Road is a very weathered shelter, which has a small panel of Aboriginal rock art.

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There is only one identifiable motif, which is a kangaroo drawn in charcoal.

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There are more charcoal motifs, but it’s impossible to determine what they represent.

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Above the shelter is a single mundoe, engraved on the edge of the sandstone platform.

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