This paper revisits the archaeology undertaken at the Lapstone Creek Rockshelter in 1935-1936, which was to become a landmark for Aboriginal Australian archaeology. It highlights and seeks to clarify errors and anomalies disseminated in the published literature relating to the shelter's excavation. Features further information on: Emu Cave - Aboriginal artefacts - Bernard Hornshaw - George Bunyan - Clifton Towle - L H Preston - Frederick McCarthy.