Mount Colah Flinders Trail SWA

Summary: A small and shallow shelter with Aboriginal rock art in Mount Colah, with three weathered figures in charcoal.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo, Man
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2023

Near the Flinders Trail (also called the Beryl Trail) in Mount Colah is a shallow sandstone shelter, which has some faint Aboriginal rock art.

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The motifs include a human figure and a wallaby/kangaroo, in charcoal.

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