Deep Bay Red Ochre Shelter

Summary: A small Aboriginal shelter with art along Berowra Creek, which has figures in charcoal and red ochre.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1990
  • Originally Recorded by: Jo McDonald
  • Jo McDonald, Sydney Basin Aboriginal Heritage Study: Engravings and Shelter Art Sites, Stage III (1990)

A small and shallow shelter along Berowra Creek, which contains Aboriginal rock art.

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The figures are drawn in both charcoal and red ochre, and most are fairly weathered.

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The most distinct motif is an indeterminate figure, which is drawn in red ochre with a charcoal outline.

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A smaller figure in red ochre may be a human figure or an anthropomorph.

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