Summary: An Aboriginal shelter with art above the Eastern Commission Trail in Lower Mangrove, which has 18 hand stencils.

Above the Eastern Commission Trail in Dharug National Park is a small shelter with Aboriginal hand stencils.

Although many of the white ochre hand stencils are hard to see, 18 were documented in the shelter.

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One of the hand stencuils is infilled with red ochre, which is unusual.

Two hand stencils are on the ceiling of the shelter.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.