W.D. Campbell recorded and sketched about 250 Aboriginal rock art sites across Sydney across nine parishes (predominantly engraving sites). A number of the coastal and what are now inner-city sites have been lost to development and weathering, but many of the engravings are still in good condition.
Aboriginal engraving of a man and woman near Waratah Track. (Part of Arden Trig series.)
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 115/116 & Mankind Group 48 S6
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An Aboriginal engraving of a "dancing man", axe grinding grooves and a water channel on a long rock platform below the Waratak Trail.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 14
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 111
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A small Aboriginal engraving site in thick scrub, which includes a fsh and an emu in an unusual pose.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 13
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 112
A fish with a hook inside its body near the Waratah Track (part of a series of Aboriginal engravings).
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1954
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 115/116 & Mankind Group 48 Series 9
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Described as a "sacred site for whales", this large Aboriginal engraving stie near the Waratah Track includes two whales (one with a man inside it) and a deity figure.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Figs 1-2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 113
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A fish and sword club in thick scrub near the Waratah Track (part of the Arden Trig series of Aboriginal engravings).
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1954
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 115/116 & Mankind Group 48 Series 7
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An Aboriginal engraving site just below the Waratah Trail surrounded by thick scrub, which has an enormous whale
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 15
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 114
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An Aboriginal engraving site described as a "successful kangaroo hunt", which has a woman, kangaroo and boomerang.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 150
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Two shields and some indeterminate figures at an Aboriginal engraving site on a tesselated pavement within Red Hill Reserve.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 10 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 47
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A deeply-carved Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo near the Red Hill Main Trail (Red Hill Reserve)
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1982
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 10 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 46
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