Wollombi Arm Charcoal Shelter

Summary: Large Aboriginal rock shelter in the Big Yango Precinct, which has weathered charcoal drawings and two hand stencils.

  • Site type: Cave Painting, Stencil - Hand
  • Motif/s: Hand, Indeterminate figure, Kangaroo, Man
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good, Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 2018
  • Originally Recorded by: C. Douchkov

Located in a gully off Wollombi Arm in the Big Yango Precinct of Yengo National Park, this large sandstone shelter contains a number of Aborginal drawings – but they are all fairly weathered.

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Of the more identifiable charcoal motifs, there are two overlapping kangaroos.

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A couple of motifs look like human figures.

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Many of the other motifs are indeterminate.

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There are two hand stencils; one very hard to see, and the other fairly obvious.

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