Challenger Track Shelter

Summary: Red ochre Aboriginal hand stencils and what may be charcoal art in a shelter below the Challenger Track.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1993

A long shelter below the Challenger Track has a number of Aboriginal hand stencils, and what may be charcoal drawings.

AWAT9265 LR Challenger Track Shelter
AWAT9274 LR Challenger Track Shelter

Most of the red ochre hand stencils are fairly obvious, although one is very indistinct.

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The charcoal art is less obvious, and I can’t tell what they represent.

  • AWAT9267 LR Challenger Track Shelter
  • AWAT9272 LR Challenger Track Shelter

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