Gunderman Boomerang Shelter

Summary: An Aboriginal rock art shelter above the Hawkesbury River with boomerangs in red ochre, and kangaroos drawn in charcoal.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 11
  • Motif/s: Boomerang, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1988
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Near the Gunderman Emu Shelter and part of a small cluster of Aboriginal rock art sites, this honeycombed shelter has a number of small motifs.

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The most prominent motifs are four boomerangs in red ochre.

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Superimposed on the boomerangs is a wallaby or kangaroo in charcoal, and what may be the remnants of a second macropod.

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To the right of the boomerangs is another wallaby/kangaroo.

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To the left of the boomerangs is another charcoal motif – possibly another macropod – and some red ochre figures.

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