Fitzgerald Creek Shelter

Summary: A number of charcoal figures, many of them wallabies or kangaroos, along the back of wall of a long shelter above Fitzerald Creek.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 15
  • Motif/s: Eel, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2023

A long shelter in the Warrimoo area, which contains multiple charcoal figures mainly on the smooth panels on the back wall. (The site is located on Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council, which was formerly Crown Land.)

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At one end of the long shelter are some elongated, weathered figures.

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Next to these is an interesting combination of figures, which includes overlapping wallabies or kangaroos, and what seems to be one or two eels.

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To the right of these motifs is another interesting panel, which has multiple animal figures, including more wallabies/kangaroos. Unfortunately the bottom of the panel has suffered from weathering.

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On the ceiling of the shelter is another weathered figure, which looks like a wallaby/kangaroo.

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3 Comments

Les Cormack · October 6, 2025 at 12:22 pm

I’m aware of this site and have visited several times including with the now NSW Environment minister. The land belong s to Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council having been transferred from the Crown land system about 6 years ago. There is no National Park in the Fitzgeralds Creek valley but close to the Nepean River to the east is Yellomundi Regional park. The site is in danger from trail biker visitation.

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Tim Withers · November 20, 2025 at 3:11 pm

A great site, though it would have been amazing to see it before the bottom half of the panels were lost.

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