Euroka Gully Charcoal Figures

Summary: Aboriginal rock art site with two charcoal motifs in a low overhang along a gully above the Euroka Campground.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2024

A small overhang in a gully above the Euroka Campground with some faint Aboriginal rock art.

1X3A0908 LR Euroka Gully Charcoal Figures

It’s hard to make out what the two motifs drawn in charcoal represent; one of them seems to be an animal, and the other possibly a human.

1X3A0910 LR Euroka Gully Charcoal Figures
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