Stokes Creek Charcoal Human Figure

Summary: A remote and small shelter above Stokes Creek in Dhawaral National Park which has about ten weathered charcoal figures.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • View site sketch (human figure)
  • Year first recorded: 1982

This weathered panel in Dhawaral National Park above Stockes Creek has about ten figures, but the only identifiable one is a man with upraised arms drawn in charcoal. Another human figure may be next to it.

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It’s not clear what the other charcoal motifs represent.

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The small shelter is at the base of a low cliff, which is subject to water seepage and mineralisation.

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