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.
Located on a vertical rock face in the Bobbin Head Marina carpark is an engraving of a fish, mammal and goanna
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: GORDON Plate 21 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Group 93
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A large but very weathered Aboriginal site near the Bobbin Head Trig, which represents "mythological spirit beings" and a food-getting theme.
- Number of motifs: 32
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: GORDON Plate 22 Figs 5-6
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Mankind Group 94
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A short side-track off the Bobbin Head Trail to a signposted Aboriginal engraving site, which has a broad range of motifs.
- Number of motifs: 37
- Year first recorded: 1894
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: GORDON Plate 21 Figures 3-3
- R.H. Mathews reference: Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings in New South Wales, Royal Society Of Victoria (1894), p. 143-154. Plate 9, Fig 8.
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Group 95
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A small but sigificant Aboriginal engraving site in Bondi, these engravings are located within the Bondi Golf Course. Controversial re-grooving of the site in the 196os means that most of the engravings are still very distinct.
- Number of motifs: 66
- Year first recorded: 1888
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: ALEXANDRIA Plate 4, Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: ALEXANDRIA Group 15 Series 2
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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
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 28 Fig 1-2
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 176
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Carvings of two kangaroos, one of which was described by W.D. Campbell as having a spear in its back.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 79
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The Challenger Snake is an Aboriginal engraving of a faint and weathered snake, near the Challenger Track.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 102
A partly damaged Aboriginal engraving of a fish, along the track to Taffys Rock.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Fig 12
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 152
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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
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 28 Fig 3-4
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig K
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 156 & Group 179
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The Ellis Trig North site at Cottage Point has three boomerangs, a bullroarer and a pierced seal.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 122
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