Cliff Oval Shelter

Summary: Aboriginal cave paintings of a large anthropormophic figure and other motifs in a large shelter, near Cliff Oval.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Anthropomorph, Baiame
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Graffiti damage
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1988

One of a number of Aboriginal art sites recorded in Ku-ring-gai, this long shelter contains Aboriginal cave paintings in red ochre.

AWAT9914 LR Cliff Oval Shelter
AWAT9937 LR Cliff Oval Shelter
AWAT3676 LR Cliff Oval ShelterAWAT3676 Cliff Oval Shelter

A large panel of art features a large anthropormophic figure, which has lines radiating from its head (most likely a headdress).

AWAT3665 LR Cliff Oval ShelterAWAT3665 LR yrd Cliff Oval Shelter

Additional figures were not deciphered in a heritage study of the site. All the art is in red ochre.

AWAT9932 LR Cliff Oval Shelter

There is some graffiti on and around the art.

AWAT9918 LR Cliff Oval Shelter
AWAT9934 LR Cliff Oval Shelter
Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Hiking the World, and receive notifications of new posts by email. (A hike is added every 1-2 weeks, on average.)

Join 1,205 other subscribers

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Aboriginal Rock Art in the Greater Blue Mountains
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Berowra Valley
Over a hundred Aboriginal sites have been recorded in the Hornsby region, with many of these in the Berowra Valley National Park and around the suburb of Berowra.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Lane Cove
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Yengo National Park
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Maroota and Marramarra NP
Located to the north-west of Sydney, just south of the Dharug and Yengo National Parks, Maroota has a high concentration of (known) Aboriginal sites. Many more Aboriginal heritage sites are located in the Marramarra National Park. The original inhabitants of the area were the Darug people.
Photographing Aboriginal rock art
A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.