New Place Three Figures Shelter

Summary: A long shelter in the Bala Range with three charcoal figures, including a man and macropod.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2017
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

Along the Bala Range is this long and deep shelter, which contains Aboriginal rock art.

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The two most prominent figures are a man with upstretched arms and an indeterminate tree-like figure drawn in charcoal.

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The third figure depicts a macropod.

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