Corroborree Cave

Summary: The Corroborree Cave has five men drawn in red ochre, depicted as if dancing in a corroborree.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: R Taplin

Unlike the nearby Boomerang Headed Men Cave, the Corroborree Cave is smaller, and much better protected from the elements.

AWAT0275 LR Corroborree Cave

The shelter is named after a series of five men, painted in red ochre, which were described as being “in dancing corroborree attitude”. They are somewhat weathered, although most of the outlines of the men can still be recognised.

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AWAT0263 LR Corroborree Cave
AWAT0273 LR lre Corroborree Cave
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