Narara Creek Charcoal Figures

Summary: Two adjacent shelters at the base of a tall cliff-line above Narara Creek, which have Aboriginal charcoal drawings.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 7
  • Motif/s: Eel, Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2020

At the base of a very tall cliff-line above Narara Creek is a shelter with some weathered Aboriginal drawings.

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There a total of five figures in charcoal, which are infilled with vertical shading; most of them are faded but may represent human figures.

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One of the charcoal figures is of a man with upraised arms.

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About 50m to the north is another tall shelter, which has a figure (also in charcoal) resembling an eel or snake.

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