Dairy Arm Leaf Shelter

Summary: An unusual Aboriginal rock art site above Dairy Arm, which has several charcoal drawings of what may be leaves.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Plant / Twig
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1981
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Documented as depicting a number of leaves (an unusual motif), it’s not certain what these charcoal figures actually represent.

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There is no evidence of the charcoal kangaroo or red ochre indeterminate figures described by Warren Bluff in the 1980s.

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As with several other sites in the vicinity (including the Five Hand Stencils Shelter), the shelter itself is somewhat unusual as an Aboriginal rock art location with a very angular shape and few suitable surfaces for art.

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