Dusthole Ridge Shelter

Summary: An Aboriginal art site with weathered charcoal figures below Dusthole Ridge.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Bird, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • View site sketch
  • Year first recorded: 1981

A shelter below Dusthole Ridge contains multiple charcoal figures, including two human-like figures and a wallaby or kangaroo. It’s very hard to make out all the figures, which are quite weathered and in some cases impacted by damp conditions and vegetation within the shelter. (The shelter is on Crown Land, and technically not within Marramarra National Park.)

AWAT9394 LR Dusthole Ridge Shelter
AWAT9405 LR Dusthole Ridge Shelter

The shelter itself is tall and long, but quite shallow, with a sandy floor.

AWAT9389 LR Dusthole Ridge Shelter
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