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.
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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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
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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A complex and likely Aboriginal engraving significant site below the Lyre Trig in Kariong. The site has over sixty figures and axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 59
- Quality: 4.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site which has 14 figures, including a marine creature (which could be a shark), a snake and an indeterminate animal. It's one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Quality: 4/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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Two very weathered wallabies near the Lyre Trig Firetrail.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 1/5
- Condition of engravings: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 2021
An Aboriginal engraving of a single wallaby, which is fairly weathed; it's 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: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
A rock ledge with an Aboriginal engraving of a (weathered) kangaroo near the Milyerra Trail
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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Traversed by the Milyerra Road Fire Trail, a large, tesselated rock platform contains a number of weathered engravings
- Number of motifs: 44
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Weathered
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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A rock ledges with multiple Aboriginal engravings, axe grinding grooves and a waterhole near the Milyerra Trail
- Number of motifs: 14
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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A large rock platform near the Milyerra Trail, with engravings of a 40' whale and 10' kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 2.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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