Callicoma Trail Red Hand Stencil

Summary: A single Aboriginal hand stencil in red ochre near the Callicoma Trail in Cherrybrook.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2024

Below the Callicoma Trail in Cherrybrook is a small sandstone shelter, which contains a single Aboriginal hand stencil in red ochre. (There may have been more stencils, which have weathered to the point they are no long visible.)

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The shelter is very shallow, with a smooth and sheltered back wall.

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