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
- Unknown recording date
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
A series of rock ledges with 24 engravings across three sites near the Milyerra Trail
- Number of motifs: 24
- 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 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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An extensive group of engravings, the Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Area includes many kangaroos, two rainbow serpents and many other figures.
- Number of motifs: 45
- Quality: 5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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Above the Gosford Railway Dams in Narara is an Aboriginal engraving site and a long wave-like shelter with art, both only (relatively) recently documented.
- Number of motifs: 40
- Quality: 3/5
- Year first recorded: 1974
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
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- Number of motifs: 5
- Quality: 3.5/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Unknown recording date
Large wallaby and kangaroo and a smaller macropod near Kariong Scout Camp Road.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Unknown recording date
A lesser-known site featuring seven shields, located below the "Seven Rabbits" (Woy Woy) site
- Number of motifs: 10
- Quality: 3/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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A large whale, fish and three kangaroos on three rock platforms near Woy Woy Road
- Number of motifs: 6
- 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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Two significant sites near Woy Woy Road, which represent "a ritual and mythological story".
- Number of motifs: 30
- Quality: 2/5
- Condition of engravings: Good
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim