Summary: A small overhang, the Flannel Flower Shelter in the McPherson State Forest has a number of Aboriginal drawings in charcoal.
Art type/s: Cave Painting
Number of motifs: 8
Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
Quality: 3/5
Condition of art: 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.
Most of the drawings are of indeterminate figures, drawn in charcoal.
Bordered by Wollemi and Yengo National Park, the Parr State Conservation Area has many indigenous heritge sites, including rock engravings, cave pintings and axe grinding grooves.
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.
There are about 300 recorded Aboriginal heritage sites in Wollemi National Park, with the rugged and remote environment meaning many sites are yet to be "discovered" and recorded.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
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