Canoelands White and Charcoal Shelter

Summary: A small shelter in Canoelands, which contains several charcoal and one white painting. Nearby is a grooved water channel.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Water Hole
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2016

A small but fairly deep shelter near Canoelands 2 contains both charcoal and white Aboriginal rock art.

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One of the more prominent charcoal drawings depicts a kangaroo.

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Another charcoal figure below the kangaroo resembles a koala, but it’s not certain what it is.

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There are a few more charcoal figures, one of them resembling a phalanger or a possum.

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Another figure is drawn in both charcoal and white pigment.

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Close to the shelter is a small creek, which has a grooved water channel below a small (natural) pool.

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