Ibis Cave Aboriginal art shelter

Summary: A Blue Mountains Aboriginal rock art site at the base of a tall cliff near the Bells Line of Road, which includes a depiction of an ibis in charcoal.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 29
  • Motif/s: Bird, Ibis, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2020
  • Originally Recorded by: William Moon

A somewhat unusual Aboriginal rock art site, the Ibis Cave is a located in a very shallow overhang at the base of a tall cliff above an unnamed tributary of Du Faur Creek. Much of the charcoal art is very weathered; one of the most distinct figures is an ibis.

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There are over twenty figures in total along the base of the cliff.

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