Hunters Hill Stencil Shelter

Summary: A rock shelter just above the Lane Cove River in Hunters Hill, which multiple hand stencils and red ochre drawings.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 12
  • Motif/s: Hand, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Graffiti damage
  • Year first recorded: 1976
  • Originally Recorded by: Val Attenbrow

Located not far above the waterline on the Lane Cover River, this shelter with Aboriginal art has unfortunately also been adorned with considerable graffiti.

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A single, high panel contains at least eight hand stencils (and has been spared from any graffiti).

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Superimposed on some of the hand stencils are what appear to be red ochre figures.

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Some of the areas with graffiti may also have red ochre figures; above the orange graffiti below is what appears to be an indeterminate Aboriginal motif.

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More possible red ochre figures are intertwined with the graffiti.

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