Finchley White Figures Shelter

Summary: A small shelter with Aboriginal art near the Finchley Campground; it has three white outline figures on the ceiling.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Man
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2020
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

This low but deep shelter near the Finchley Campground has three overlapping figures in white ochre on the ceiling.

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Two of the white motifs appear to be humans or deity figures; one of them is holding an indeterminate object.

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The smaller of the two figures has two very prominent eyes.

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