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 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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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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An Aboriginal site of "ritual importance" near the Mt Ku-ring-gai Track. It includes a large composite figure of a seal.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 157
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An elevated rock platform along the Kimmerikong Ridge (Muogamarra National Park) which has 13 figures, incuding a large Daramulan.
- Number of motifs: 13
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 22 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 140
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An Aboriginal engraving site on a large rock platform along the Kimmerikong Ridge, with three fish, an oval and an eel. Nearby are multiple heaps of stones.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 22 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 143
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Aboriginal red ochre and charcoal figures in a tall and long shelter near Woy Woy. An impressive site unfortunately damaged by graffiti.
- Number of motifs: 20
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 29 Fig 2
A large weathered whale (over six metres in length) along the Koolewong Ridge Firetrail. It was first documented by W.D. Campbell.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 178
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A very weathered engraving of a whale and its calf, on the headland at La Perouse.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews
- Campbell reference: BOTANY Plate 3 Fig 2
- R.H. Mathews reference: The Rock Paintings and Carvings of the Australian Aborigines in Journal of the Anthropological Institute, vol. 25, p.147-150.
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