Tesselate Hill Ridge Shelter with Art

Summary: A small Aboriginal rock art site along a low cliff line above the Wollangambe River, which has multiple hand stencils and a stone axe.

  • Art type/s: Stencil - Hand, Stencil - Other
  • Number of motifs: 7
  • Motif/s: Axe, Hand
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2024

This small shelter along a low but long cliff-line, along a creek that flows into the Wollangambe River, has faint Aboriginal rock art.

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The motifs are all in white ochre, and consist of multiple hand stencils, and what may be a stone axe.

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Image enhancement reveals at least six hand stencils.

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Robert Lowman · April 25, 2024 at 8:26 pm

Awesome

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