Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter

Summary: An isolated shelter along Linden Ridge, which has 12 Aboriginal hand stencils (most in red ochre)

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 12
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1993
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Below Linden Ridge is a small cliff line, along which there is a small but deep shelter with a number of Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre. Although not very close to any permanent creek, a hanging swamp above means some water drips over the front of the shelter even when it’s not raining.

1X3A6857 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6858 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter

The main cluster of motifs has nine partial or full hand stencils, and what appears to be a fist.

1X3A6849 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter1X3A6849 LR yre Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6850 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6850 LR yre Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6855 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6855 LR yre Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6851 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6851 LR yre Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6856 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6856 LR yre Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter

Nearby are another two hand stencils, in white ochre (only one of them can be easily seen).

1X3A6844 LR Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter
1X3A6844 LR yye Linden Ridge Aboriginal Hand Stencil Shelter

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