Summary: At least four weathered Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre along a dry creek in the lower Blue Mountains

A low shelter in the lower Blue Mountains has several Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre. It’s an unusual site, with the shelter forming the bank of the (dry) creek.

There at least four hand stencils – although they are very weathered and hard to see without image enhancment.

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Red Hands Cave, Glenbrook (Blue Mountains)
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.
Hornsby Shire - which is the largest LGA in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan region - contains approximately 600 recorded Aboriginal rock art sites (and over 1,200 Aboriginal heritage sites). These date back from thousands of years to post-European contact art.