Mt Ku-ring-gai – Pacific Hwy SWA

Summary: Aboriginal rock art including charcoal drawings and red ochre hand stencils in a long shelter below the old Pacific Highway

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Hand, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Graffiti damage
  • Year first recorded: 2021

Below the old Pacific Highway at Mt Ku-ring-gai is a long shelter, with graffiti (some of it dating back to 1923) and evidence of recent habitation or camping.

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At one of the overhang is a panel with multiple charcoal drawings, and possibly some faded stencils.

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  • AWAT2932 LR Mt Ku-ring-gai - Pacific Hwy SWA

At the opposite end of the shelter are some faded stencils of children’s hands.

AWAT4216 LR Mt Ku-ring-gai - Pacific Hwy SWA
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