Layburys Creek Waterfall Shelter

Summary: Three weathered charcoal figures located in a long shelter behind a waterfall on Layburys Creek.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1987

A long shelter behind a waterfall along a tributary of Layburys Creek contains some weathered Aboriginal rock art.

1X3A0352 LR Layburys Creek Waterfall Shelter

The figures are all in charcoal, with two of them being in close proximity.

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A third figure is a short distance away.

1X3A0362 LR Layburys Creek Waterfall Shelter
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