Rock Island Hand Stencils

Summary: Two adjacent Aboriginal rock art sites on Rock Island in Wollemi National Park, with five hand stencils in white ochre.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2023

At the base of an enormous cliff-line on the northern side of Rock Island in the Wollemi National Park are two adjacent Aboriginal hand stencil sites. The eastern-most site has three stencils, all in white ochre.

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One of the stencils is very distinct, and the other two much more weathered.

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About a hundred metres further along the same cliff-line is a second Aboriginal site, which also has hand stencils.

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Again, there is one very distinct hand stencil, and a second much fainter stencil.

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