Tootie Creek Mixed Use Cave

Summary: A small but very deep shelter above Tootie Creek contains a range of Aboriginal rock art in charcoal as well as white and red ochre.

  • Art type/s: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 11
  • Motif/s: Bird, Hand, Kangaroo
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2023

While this deep and protected shelter above Tootie Creek is fairly remote, there is clear evidence of previous (European) habitation, as well as traces of Aboriginal rock art.

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The largest panel has three indeterminate motifs in white ochre, and a less visible wallaby or kangaroo in red ochre.

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Also very faint is a drawing in red ochre of what could be a bird.

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A charcoal drawing is in one of the smaller, smooth sections of sandstone.

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There are also five hand stencils in red ochre, and a stencil of an arm.

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