Gunderman Emu Shelter

Summary: A small but very deep Aboriginal rock art shelter above the Hawkesbury River, which has multiple kangaroos and a large emu.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Emu, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1988
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Above the Hawkesbury River at Gunderman is a small and deep shelter, which has a large number of Aboriginal rock art motifs.

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Along the back wall of the shelter are multiple overlapping kangaroos, and a large emu.

1X3A8693 LR 2 Gunderman Emu Shelter

While the figures are predominantly drawn in charcoal, many of them are also outlined in red ochre.

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1X3A8682 LR yre Gunderman Emu Shelter
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1X3A8691 LR yre Gunderman Emu Shelter
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1X3A8669 LR yre Gunderman Emu Shelter

This shelter forms part of a cluster of four Aboriginal rock art sites along the same cliff line, which all have quite different figures.

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