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.
An Aboriginal engraving of a turtle at Ben Buckler Point - the only remaining figure from a small site which had five carvings.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: ALEXANDRIA Plate 2, Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: ALEXANDRIA Group 13
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The main engraving is a large whale, about 11m in length, with an unusually large mouth. Near the whale are two boomerangs and a small figure.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1892
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 1
- R.H. Mathews reference: Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 1985, Vol 25, p.145
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 61
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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
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 3/4
- 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 complex Aboriginal engraving site in Red Hill Reserve with over 40 figures, many of them overlapping and a number of them fairly unusual.
- Number of motifs: 42
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 16 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 37
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