Cottage Rock Hand Stencil Shelter

Summary: A shelter at the base of cliffs near Cottage Rock at West Head, which has a number of Aboriginal hand stencils.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Graffiti damage
  • Year first recorded: 2019

Unfortunately the interior ofd this shelter at the base of tall cliffs near Cottage Rock at West Head has been erxtensively defaced by graffiti.

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The back wall of the shelter contains at least eight partial or full Aboriginal hand stencils, which are covered by modern graffiti.

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