Summary: Under a small rock overhang near Mount Olive are some well-preserved cave paintings, including a wallaby and some indeterminate figures.
Art type/s: Cave Painting
Number of motifs: 5
Motif/s: Kangaroo
Quality: 4/5
Condition of art: Good
Year first recorded: 1992
Beyond the Mount Olive “summit” is a small and quite shallow shelter, which contains some interesting and well-preserved cave paintings. One of the more distinct figures is that of a wallaby or kangaroo.
There are some additional figures; it is hard to determine what they represent.
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