Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter

Summary: A small Aboriginal rock art shelter above Ourimbah Creek which has multiple motifs on the ceiling in charcoal and red ochre, including a number of human figures.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 15
  • Motif/s: Hand, Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1960
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Pankhurst

Located in cluster of shelters containing Aboriginal rock art, this small and somewhat nondescript shelter is noteable for having almost all of the drawings on the ceiling (the only other one in the area being the Koolewong Ridge Shelter).

IMG 1150 LR Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter

Many of the motifs are faded, but include human figures in charcoal, superimposed on red ochre figures.

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IMG 1174 LR Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter

Some of the red ochre motifs are also human figures.

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IMG 1158 LR yre Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter
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IMG 9734 LR yre Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter
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IMG 9733 LR yre Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter
IMG 9732 LR Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter
IMG 9732 LR yre Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter

There are a few more indeterminate charcoal drawings.

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IMG 1170 LR Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter

Of all the shelters along this small cliff-line which contain Aboriginal rock art, this is the only which has (three) hand stencils.

IMG 1164 LR Ourimbah Creek Ceiling Art shelter
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