Linden Ridge Red Ochre Figures

Summary: A low cliff-line with red ochre figures (including two emu tracks) and two sets of hand stencils

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 7
  • Motif/s: Emu Track, Hand
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1984

A very shallow overhang along Linden Ridge in the Blue Mountains, which has a small panel of Aboriginal rock art in red ochre.

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The figures have been described as emu tracks and possibly a goanna.

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Two motifs have the distinct appearance of animal tracks; the remaining lines don’t represent any obvious figure.

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About 15m to the east along the same cliff-line are two sets of hand stencils. The first set has four stencils, although only one is easily visible.

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A couple of metres away is a single hand stencil.

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