Mount Kariong Charcoal Drawings

Summary: Shallow shelter on a ridge off Mount Kariong, which has a number of Aboriginal charcoal paintings.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 15
  • Motif/s: Emu, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1999

A shallow shelter below a rock platform on a ridge near Mount Kariong, which has a number of Aboriginal charcoal drawings.

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Some of the figures are very well preserved, including a wallaby or kangaroo; behind the larger macropod is what appears to be an emu.

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Another set of charcoal figures includes what appears to be the head and neck of wallaby/kangaroo.

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Superimposed on this macropod is an indeterminate red ochre figure, with another red ochre figure to the left.

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A small panel to the left of the partial roo has a faint charcoal figure.

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There are a few more weathered charcoal and red ochre figures low down on the wall of the shelter.

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