There are over 350 Aboriginal engraving and sites recorded in the Central Coast region, many of these in the Brisbane Water National Park. These engraving sites include animals, birds, sea creatures, bird tracks, human footsteps, male and female figures, hunting weapons and ancestral beings. Many of the sites were documented by W. D. Campbell in 1899, and later by Fred McCarthy and Ian Sim.
A small Aboriginal engracing site near the Bambara Trail, which includes a stingray and a fish
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of engravings: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1999
- Originally recorded by: Warren Bluff
The Bulgandry Art Site Aboriginal Place is one of the most-visited engraving sites around Sydney. It's named after the prominent Bulgandry Man engraving.
- Number of motifs: 28
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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A significant site near Bulgandry in Kariong: "The whole group is particularly well drawn, and presents one of the best samples of this native art that the Writer has met with"
- Number of motifs: 60
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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Partly covered by silt, an Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo is on a small outcrop with a view of Mount Wondabyne.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site in the bed of Coorrubine Creek, first documented by Ian Sim in 1969 and depicting a whale and three men.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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Two eels at a small Aboriginal engraving site which was first documented by Ian Sim in 1969. Nearby are some deep axe grinding gooves.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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An Aboriginal engraving of a shield above the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail, in Brisbane Water National Park,
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of engravings: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2020
- Originally recorded by: C. Douchkov
A complex and well-documented site on a rocky spur in Woy Woy, which is known for its "seven dancing rabbits"
- Number of motifs: 55
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
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The Girrakool Aboriginal site has a carving of a man located on a rock platform along the Girrakool Loop walking track.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
Shelter below Koolewong Ridge, which has Aboriginal charcoal art (indeterminate motifs) and a midden.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 2019
Aboriginal cave art in a long shelter below the Koolewong Ridge Firetrail. There over 30 ideterminate motifs ni charcoal and ochre.
- Number of motifs: 23
- Quality: 1.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1985
A large weathered whale (over six metres in length) along the Koolewong Ridge Firetrail. It was first documented by W.D. Campbell.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of engravings: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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An Aboriginal engraving of a man and a "composite emu spirit figure"; it's one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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An Aboriginal engraving of a single fish; one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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A large Aboriiginal engraving of a kangaroo near the Lyre Trig Track; possibly a mytholigical figure due to its size.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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