Terraborra Ridge White Figures

Summary: A shelter below a weathered cliff-line near the Terraborra North Ridge has figures in both charcoal and white.

At the base of a weathered cliff is a small shelter, which contains Aboriginal cave art.

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Most of the figures are in charcoal, but there are also some white figures on the panel of art.

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It’s hard to determine what the charcoal figures represent.

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The white figures seem to represent animals, the small ones perhaps wombat, while the larger figure looks remarkably like a horse.

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