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.
The largest figure at this Muogamarra Aboriginal engraving site is a manta ray; nearby are five men, a woman, a kangaroo rat and a very clearly-carved bird.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 146 Series 2
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A large whale engraving next to the Peats Crater Trail in Muogamarra Nature Reserve. Nearby is a wallaby and two circles (which may represent squid or food for the whale).
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 146 Series 1
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The signposted Resolute Track Aboriginal Engraving Site is a short walk from the Resolute Picnic Area. It has several figures, including a man with a club across his waist.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 1
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 6 1965, Sheet 1, Fig B1-B2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 140 Series 1
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Two leaping kangaroos engraved on a large rock platform next to the Road to Nowhere Trail.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 89
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A solitary engraving of a whale with an oblong figure at its snout. Nice views from this rock platform.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 90
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Below the Shark Rock Ridge in dense scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a "protective deity, holding up a fish with the right hand"
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 25 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 163
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One of several Aboriginal engraving sites along Shark Rock Ridge. It includes a large stingray, multiple fish, emus, kangaroos and kangaroo rats and a man (who may be hunting or fishing).
- Number of motifs: 22
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 26 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 165 & Mankind Group 98
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An Aboriginal engraving site along Shark Rock Ridge, which may represent "a hunting incident in the mythology or a totemic ritual". It has 14 figures, including two "koala bears" which resemble a Daramulan.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 25 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 162
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Along the Shark Rock Ridge track is an Aboriginal engraving of a whale; the enormous figure is ten metres in length, with a goanna and whale inside the whale.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 26 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 164
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An unusual depiction of Baiame at an Aboriginal engraving site above Cottage Point Road. The figure has two horns, and is holding a shield and a dilly bag.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1894
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 16
- R.H. Mathews reference: Plate 9, Fig 7. Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings in New South Wales, Royal Society Of Victoria (1894). p. 143-156.
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 125
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