The Sim Collection – Central Coast
The full list of Aboriginal engraving sites on the Central Coast Aboriginal that were documented by Ian Sim in the “Sim Collection”.
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The full list of Aboriginal engraving sites on the Central Coast Aboriginal that were documented by Ian Sim in the “Sim Collection”.
Two adjacent shelters at the base of a tall cliff-line above Narara Creek, which have Aboriginal charcoal drawings.
Aboriginal engraving site on a ridge above Narara Creek, with a bird and fish.
Small Aboriginal engraving of a wallaby, which has no front legs.
Above the Gosford Railway Dams in Narara is a long wave-like shelter with a significant amount of Aboriginal art, in white and red ochre, and charcoal.
An Aboriginal engraving site near Reeves Street, with a single kangaroo.
Located just off Bells Line of Road and reached via a very short walk, Geometric Rocks Lookout offers both great views and some interesting rock formations.
A very scenic Wollemi bushwalk which descends Kamarah Ridge to the enormous Jungaburra Ledges, before traversing Wilkinson Hill past multiple lookouts over the Grose Valley. Some relatively easy off-track sections.
Two rows of mundoes near West Head Road which may have represented the tracks of mythological men; much of the site is now covered over.
A Daramulan figure on a spur off Mt Kariong; it’s the last of five Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim.