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.
A large Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo near the Lyre Trig Track; possibly a mythological figure due to its size.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA PLATE 27 Fig 8
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 173
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A single Aboriginal engraving of a man below Lyre Trig in Kariong, first documented by W.D. Campbell in 1899.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 174
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A complex and likely significant Aboriginal engraving site below the Lyre Trig in Kariong. The site has over sixty figures and 10 axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 59
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 171
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site below Lyre Trig in Kariong; most figures are very weathered or have been buried by soil and vegetation.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Bob Pankhurst
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 25 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 172
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A whale and bird engraving, and number of “stone circles” formed by thousands of small pebbles arranged in neat circles.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 97
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An unusal Aboriginal engraving of a cicada in Ingleside, first documented by W.D. Campbell.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Unknown recording date
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 11
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 81
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A large Aboriginal engraving site in Ingleside with which has over 24 motifs, the largest being an emu. McCarthy described the site as an emu hunt.
- Number of motifs: 24
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 9 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 83
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A small Aboriginal engraving site in Ingleside, which has two pairs of men in a scene described by McCarthy as representing fishermen returning to camp.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 12
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 82
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Traversed by the Milyerra Road Fire Trail, a large, tesselated rock platform contains a number of weathered engravings
- Number of motifs: 44
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 25, Fig 1
- Sim reference: Group 167, Series 8
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S8
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An Aboriginal engraving of a large kangaroo near the Milyerra Trail.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
- Sim reference: PATONGA PLATE 27 Fig 2
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