Smiths Creek red ochre paintings

Summary: Three very distinct Aboriginal hand stencils and a fish in red ochre, on rock overhangs along Smiths Creek

On a low cliff along Smiths Creek are red ochre drawings of hands fish, about 2-3 metres above the water. Although these are documented and illustrated as a single site, these two Aboriginal rock art sites are are some distance apart.

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On one rock surface is the red ochre fish, which can be seen from some distance away.

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Near the fish and not documtented by Campbell is an additional solid red drawing, and some indeterminate figures also drawn in red ochre.

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A few hundred metres away on a separate overhangs are the three handprints, also visible from some distamce away.

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These were are still very much as described by Campbell in 1899: “In the case of the three stencilled hands upon the rock, the surrounding surface has been stained red for several inches:.

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