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The ground sheltered by the overhanging crag is marked by a 

 curved line where herbage begins. From the centre of the face 

 to this line the distance is thirty-three feet. This grassless, 

 sheltered space is now a camp for sheep and cattle. At one 

 time it must have formed a favourite resort of the blacks. Its 

 former occupants have taken considerable trouble to clear away 

 loose fragments of rock. There is also some indication of loose 

 soil having been banked up at the southern edge of the protected 

 part, suggesting that a breakwind may have been erected there. 

 Looking southerly the view is charming. From the opposite side 

 of the Billiminah Creek the Victoria Range extends to the south 

 south-west as far as the eye can reach in a serrated line of rocky 

 hills lightly clad with timber. In the immediate neighbourhood 

 of the huge rock-shelter the hills are also wooded, the prevailing 

 timber being stringy-bark. The delightful murmur of a waterfall 

 comes from a short distance up-stream, and is audible at the 

 rock. 



At the base the cliff is a quartzose sandstone, of a greyish 

 colour, translucent in places. Upwards the stone becomes redder 

 and looser grained, and the striations are more distinct. Apart 

 from a few cracks and easy undulations the surface on the south 

 side is even and comparatively smooth, thus offering an enticing 

 " canvas " to any one of artistic inclination. 



As the highest markings are eight feet five inches from the 

 ground in perpendicular height, it is evident that certain loose 

 fragments of rock which lie outside the sheltered patch were 

 lying at the base of the face and served as scaffolding to the 

 artist when the paintings were executed, and were subsequently 

 removed to render the place a comfortable camp. The lowest 

 marks occur four inches from the ground. I take this as an 

 indication that, since the completion of the work, a quantity of 

 gravel has been gradually deposited under the shelter, having 

 been conveyed from the east side by heavy downpours of rain 

 and the trampling of animals. 



The surface upon which the painting has been done measures 

 from side to side thirty-seven feet. The work consists chiefly of 

 numerous short upright strokes, a few slightly undulating lines 

 drawn perpendicularly or horizontally, branches, foliage, and 

 hgures of animals. To get a fairly accurate reproduction is a 



