Darling Causeway Charcoal Figures

Summary: A deep shelter below Darling Causeway has multiple charcoal figures including a deity and a man, and red ochre hand stencils.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand, Stone arrangement
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Bird, Deity, Emu, Hand, Man
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2019
  • Originally Recorded by: Mark Roebuck

A deep, protected, south-facing shelter in a gully below Darling Causeway has a number of Aboriginal charcoal drawings.

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The most prominent figure is a man with upraised arms.

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Next to it is a second human or deity figure, also in charcoal.

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Another charcoal figure appears to be a long-necked bird or emu.

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Near the charcoal figures is a cluster of hand stencils, in red ochre.

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Behind the charcoal figures is a small red ochre figure.

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Above the gully is what appears to be a stone arrangement, which is pointing to the shelter.

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