Canoelands Painting SWA

Summary: A small and somewhat unusual Aboriginal cave painting site, in a shelter at the base of a tall cliff near the significant Canoelands 1 site.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1980

Near the Canoelands 1 Aboriginal site is another shelter with a painting, which is inset into the base of a tall overhang.

AWAT6353 LR Canoelands Painting SWA
AWAT6365 LR Canoelands Painting SWA

The figures are drawn in both red ochre and black charcoal, and some of the artwork is superimposed.

AWAT6359 LR Canoelands Painting SWA

Discolouration caused by white silica from the sandstone rock gives some of the art an unusual mauve or purple hue.

AWAT6355 LR Canoelands Painting SWA
AWAT6356 LR Canoelands Painting SWA

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