Linden Ridge Red Hands Cave

Summary: An Aboriginal Shelter with Art in a gully near Linden ridge, this small cave has over 30 hand stencils in red ochre.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 30
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1959

This smaIl shelter off Lindens Ridge contains Aboriginal rock art, as well as signs of European visitation.

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The back wall of the shelter is covered by a large number of hand stencils in red ochre – over 30 in total.

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Many of them are fairly weathered, and there are many more stencils than it appears at first glance.

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