Old Hands Aboriginal rock art shelter

Summary: Aboriginal rock art comprising multiple weathered hand stencils and two white lines in a low shelter.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand, Stencil - Other
  • Number of motifs: 10
  • Motif/s: Hand, Lines
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2010

A low shelter in a gully in Colo Heights, which contains Aboriginal rock art.

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There are ten motifs, which mostly consist mostly of quite weathered hand stencils.

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There are at least six partial or full hand stencils on one panel.

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A second panel has two hand stencils, and two lines.

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