Mudgegonga Rock Shelter

Also known as: Mudgegonga rock shelter, Victoria

The Mudgegonga rock shelter is a large rock overhang which contains over 400 Aboriginal wall paintings and stencils and evidence of prehistoric Aboriginal occupation [1]. The paintings are ochre and pipeclay on rock and include the only painting of the potoroo species in Victoria [1].

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TypeCave Structures
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryAustralia
Coordinates36.4838° S, 146.8848° E

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