Werong Creek Dingo Shelter

Summary: A low shelter with Aboriginal rock art (including a dingo drawn in charcoal) and two sets of grinding grooves.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Cave Painting
  • Number of motifs: 10
  • Number of AGGs: 3
  • Motif/s: Dingo, Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2018
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

A low, deep and very weathered shelter has a few small panels of Aboriginal rock art on the base of the back wall.

1X3A9216 LR Werong Creek Dingo Shelter

Most of the motifs are indeterminate outlined shapes.

1X3A9202 LR Werong Creek Dingo Shelter
1X3A9204 LR Werong Creek Dingo Shelter
1X3A9204 LR lbk Werong Creek Dingo Shelter

The only identifiable motif is a dingo, with some white outlining.

1X3A9209 LR Werong Creek Dingo Shelter

Under the dripline of the shelter are two boulders, both with deep axe grinding grooves.

1X3A9222 LR Werong Creek Dingo Shelter
Subscribe via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Hiking the World, and receive notifications of new posts by email. (A hike is added every 1-2 weeks, on average.)

Join 744 other subscribers

0 Comments

Leave a Reply

Aboriginal Sites by National Park

Aboriginal Rock Art – Lane Cove
Over 40 sites have been recorded within the park; many were located along the river bank and were flooded by the building of the weir in 1938.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Maroota and Marramarra NP
Located to the north-west of Sydney, just south of the Dharug and Yengo National Parks, Maroota has a high concentration of (known) Aboriginal sites. Many more Aboriginal heritage sites are located in the Marramarra National Park. The original inhabitants of the area were the Darug people.
Aboriginal Rock Art – Yengo National Park
Yengo National Park was an important spiritual and cultural place for the Darkinjung and Wonnarua People for thousands of years, and 640 Aboriginal cultural sites are recorded in the park and nearby areas.
Aboriginal Rock Art in the Greater Blue Mountains
The Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area protects over 3,000 known Aboriginal heritage sites, and many more which are yet to be recorded. This area includes the Blue Mountains National Park, Gardens of Stone, Wollemi National Park and Yengo National Park.
Photographing Aboriginal rock art
A review of different techniques for photographing Aboriginal rock art. This includdes oblique flash, chain and planar mosaic imaging which combines hundreds of overlapping photos.