Canoelands Kangaroo and Fish Shelter

Summary: Weathered charcoal and red ochre Aboriginal drawings in a small shelter in Canoelands (Marramarra NP)

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Basket, Fish, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

A small and deep sandstone shelter in the Canoelands area of Marramarra National Park, which has some charcoal and red ochre Aboriginal cave paintings.

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All of the motifs are weathered and hard to make out: the largest figure is a kangaroo in charcoal.

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Below the kangaroo are two more figures in red ochre; they appear to be a fish and a coolamon (basket), or two fish.

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There are also some very faint figures drawn in white, and vertical red lines, which may have been part of a larger motif.

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