Mount Irvine Two Faces

Summary: An unusual Aboriginal rock art site on the side of a tall cliff face, which has two faces and what appears to be a snake.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Head, Snake
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2022

On the face of a steep cliff in Mount Irvine is a very unusual Aboriginal rock art site: two faces that stare out over the deep valley.

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Above the two faces is a long, sinuous figure – perhaps a snake.

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These two faces (and the snake-like figure) are the only two motifs along what may have been a route used by the Aboriginal people.

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