Peebles Road Kangaroo

Summary: A weathered cave painting of a kangaroo in red ochre, below Peebles Road.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of art: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1979
  • Originally Recorded by: R Taplin

Along Peebles Road is what appears to be a cave painting of a kangaroo, drawn in red ochre. It is fairly weathered, and even with digital highlighting some details have been lost.

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There is no evidence of any other rock art in the low shelter.

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