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.
Two men, a large circle and an eel next to five fish on three adjacent Aboriginal rock art sites on a ridge above Wheeler Creek.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 16 Figs 5 & 6
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 41
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- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 16 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 38
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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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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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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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Two shield and eleven mundoes (all weathered) that were said to represent a hunting scene
- Number of motifs: 13
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 98
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A complex Aboriginal rock art site near the Euro Trig, which features s whale surrounded by fish, shields and a wallaby. (Also called the Basin Whale site.)
- Number of motifs: 42
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 99
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Located along the popular Spit to Manly bushwalk, the Grotto Point Aboriginal Site included boomerangs, fish, sharks and a large kangaroo. The engravings are about 1,000 years old and have interpretative signage.
- Number of motifs: 17
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 5 Fig 15
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 72
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A significant Aboriginal rock engraving site in Allambie Heights, Gumbooya Reserve has 70 figures (many very weathered or no longer visible) in three groups.
- Number of motifs: 70
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 7, Figs 1-3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 67
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The Hungry Trig engravings are on a small rock platform below a low cliff, surrounded by dense bush. The site has many figures including 12 ovals and three decorated men.
- Number of motifs: 27
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 14 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 129
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