Moores Creek Shelter

Summary: In a shelter along the Little Digger Track in Ku-ring-gai are five hand stencils in red ochre.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Graffiti damage, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2007

Along the Little Digger Track in Lindfield are a number of shelters; one of them contains a small number of Aboriginal hand stencils in red ochre. Five hand prints are visible, although some have been damaged by graffiti.

  • AWAT5161 LR Moores Creek Shelter
  • AWAT5164 LR Moores Creek Shelter
  • AWAT5169 LR Moores Creek Shelter
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