Flannel Flower Shelter

Summary: A small overhang, the Flannel Flower Shelter in the McPherson State Forest has a number of Aboriginal drawings in charcoal.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1988

One of four adjacent shelters in the McPherson State Forest, the Flannel Flower Shelter is a small sandstone overhang which contains Aboriginal drawings.

AWAT5607 LR Flannel Flower Shelter

Most of the drawings are of indeterminate figures, drawn in charcoal.

AWAT5619 LR Flannel Flower Shelter
AWAT5627 LR Flannel Flower Shelter
AWAT5628 LR Flannel Flower Shelter

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