Gundah Road Shelter

Summary: Faint Aboriginal charcoal drawings, in a small shelter near the industrial area of Mt Ku-ring-gai

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 1/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2021
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

Near Gundah Road in the Berowra Valley National Park is a small overhang, not far from the industrial area of Mt Ku-ring-gai, which contains Aboriginal rock art.

AWAT4377 LR Gundah Road Shelter

The figures are drawn in charcoal; they are quite faint and not immediately identifiable as being drawings.

AWAT4374 LR Gundah Road Shelter

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