Lilavale Track Stencil Shelter

Summary: A long but shallow overhang with multiple Aboriginal hand stencils, near the Lilavale Track.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 10
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2022

A long but very shallow overhang near a small gully below the Lilavale Track (in Wollemi National Park) contains a number of Aboriginal hand stencils.

AWAT2963 LR Lilavale Track Stencil Shelter

There are about ten hand stencils, all in white pigment; some are very distinct, while others are hard to make out.

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