Wave Rock Shelter

Summary: A fairly weathered Aboriginal rock art site, which has four or five charcoal motifs on a recessed panel at the base of a very tall cliff near Mountain Lagoon.

  • Site type: Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure, Man
  • Quality: 1.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2023

It’s not the typical shelter in which you’d expect to find Aboriginal rock art, but at the base of this tall and wind-sculpted cliff is a small panel of charcoal motifs.

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There are four or five charcoal figures in close proximity. It’s not clear what they represent, although one of them appears to be a human figure with upraised arms.

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