Ourimbah Red Man Cave

Summary: A small human figure in red ochre and some charcoal motifs in a shallow overhang at the base of a long cliff.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Pankhurst

This Aboriginal rock art shelter in the Ourimbah State Forest is not so much a shelter, but a small and shallow overhang at the base of a long cliff.

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Named by Bob Pankurst in the 1970s when he explored and documented many of the Aboriginal art sites in the Central Coast, the shelter gets its name from a small human drawn in red ochre.

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There are a few indeterminate figures in charcoal.

IMG 9722 LR Ourimbah Red Man Cave

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