Gunderman Four Birds Shelter

Summary: An Aboriginal rock art shelter above the Hawkesbury River, which has four bird-like figures in red ochre.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Motif/s: Bird, Emu
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2026

A very shallow shelter at the base of a cliff line above the Hawkesbury River is an Aboriginal rock art site, which has four red ochre figures which appear to depict emus. Three of them are in one cluster.

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The fourth emu-like figure to the left is much more weathered.

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