Crawford Road Shelter

Summary: A newly-discovered site in Mt Ku-ring-gai, the Crawford Road Shelter has multiple charcoal motifs.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Year first recorded: 2021

Discovered by Matt Niven, the Crawford Road Shelter has a charcoal motif on the ceiling, and another group of figures on the back wall.

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The small shelter faces north-west, overlooking the Lyrebird Gully.

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