Mount Tootie Road Charcoal Panel

Summary: An interesting panel containing Aboriginal cave paintings in a shelter near Bilpin. Most of the figures are painted in charcoal.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 10
  • Motif/s: Eel, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2022
  • Originally Recorded by: Mark Roebuck

A shelter near Bilpin in the Wollemi National Park, which has a small but complex panel of Aboriginal rock art. The pictpographs include charcoal figures and shapes, and concentric circles in red ochre.

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The most recognisable figure appears to be an eel.

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A small concave indent in the sandstone has another charcoal figure.

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Almost al of the motifs are in charcoal, except for the unusual concentric circles, which are in red ochre.

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