Summary: An Aboriginal rock art site above Murrays Run which depicts three human figures, and a weathered motif described as a horse.

A small shelter in a low cliff-line above Murrays Run, which has a small panel of Aboriginal rock art.

Above the most prominent four figures drawn in charcoal are some “unidentified lines”, although ir could be a wallaby or kangaroo.

As with the nearby Convict with Ball and Chain Aboriginal site, Koettig describes the infilled figures as anthropomorphs next to “a possible horse (with bit in mouth)”. The upright figures appear more like humans; the horse requires some imagination (but may have weathered since the original site recording)…

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Aboriginal Sites by National Park

A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.