Peak Hill (Porto Ridge) Hand Stencils

Summary: A few hand stencils in a long sandstone overhang on Porto Ridge, near Peak Hill.

  • Art type/s: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 3
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2012
  • Originally Recorded by: Bob Conroy

On Porto Ridge along the informal trail to Peak Hill near Brooklyn is a tall and high shelter, which has a few Aboriginal hand stencils.

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The hand stencils are in red ochre, at the far end of the shelter. They are somewhat weathered.

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