Mount Yengo Hand Stencil

Summary: Very weathered Aboriginal hand stencil on the base of Mount Yengo.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2018

A shelter on the northern side of Mount Yengo, which has a single, weathered hand stencil.

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At the western end of the shelter is a set of axe grinding grooves, just under the dripline.

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