Spirit Figure Shelter

Summary: An Aboriginal rock art site in the lower Blue Mountains with a unique deity or spirit figure drawn in white ochre.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Deity
  • Quality: 4.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2024

An unusual Aboriginal rock art site in the lower Blue Mountains, which has a “spirit figure” on the ceiling of a long shelter.

1X3A7575 Spirit Figure Shelter

Drawn in white ochre, the outlined figure is unique (to my knowledge) in this area; it has the general appearance of Daramulan. There are other atypical white figures at the Red Hands Cave and the Golden Boomerang Cave, although they don’t look like this.

1X3A7572 Spirit Figure Shelter
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