Summary: A small charcoal frieze with three men in a small and low shelter above the eastern arm of South West Arm Creek.
Site type: Cave Painting
Number of motifs: 4
Motif/s: Man
Quality: 2/5
Condition of site: Weathered
Year first recorded: 1998
Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff
A low shelter above the eastern arm of South West Arm Creek contains a small charcoal frieze of Aboriginal art. It has three human figures with upraised arms; one of them is very weathered.
The Blue Mountains National Park (and surrounding areas along the Great Western Highway) is thought to have over a thousand indigenous heritage sites, although much of the park has not been comprehensively surveyed. The Aboriginal rock sites in the Blue Mountains include grinding grooves, stensils, drawing and rock carvings.
Many sites Aboriginal engraving sites across the inner suburbs of Sydney have been destroyed or are very weatheredl. The sites which remain are isolated from their natural environment.
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