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EXPLORATION OF ABORIGINAL ROCK-SHELTERS, 



The sheltei' marked A on the map faces the west and is situated 

 just beyond the southern end of "The Basin," immediately 





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Fig. 1. 



behind a large red gum which there hangs low over the creek. 

 It is approached on one side by a rather steep incline down which 

 shell fragments have rolled, and on the other side the ground 

 dips abruptly into the bed of a narrow and deep channel, along 

 which the rain-waters drained from the ridges behind must at 

 times rush with great force. 



On the roof of this shelter, which is about 20 feet long, 9 feet 

 6 inches high and 11 feet 6 inches wide (greatest measurements) 

 are six faded but on near inspection easily decipherable impres- 

 sions of hands, and traces of several other paintings, the nature 

 of which it was impossible for me to determine. 



The shelter marked B is situated about a quarter of a mile 

 further up the creek, near where the fresh water comes in. It 

 faces the west and is much higher and longer than Shelter A, 

 measurements (greatest) being : length 36 feet, height 20 feet 

 and width 15 feet. It may easily be recognised by the clump of 

 tall cabbage-tree palms growing in front. 



