Crosslands Road Shelter

Summary: Aboriginal rock art site with very weathered charcoal figures below Crosslands Road.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: R Taplin

At the base of low cliffs beneath Crosslands Road is a tall shelter; its ceiling is blackened with smoke and there is evidence of considerable visitation.

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Within the shelter are remnants of Aboriginal rock art, described by Rosemary Taplin as “weathered black drawings beneath the road”. (Rock engravings documented above this site could not be re-located due to siltation and rubbish now covering the rock platforms.)

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One of the motifs appears to be a human figure.s

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Not visible without image enhancement is a figure in red ochre, which resembles a shield.

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