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 site with an enormous (14m) whale and two men on a rock platform above Mona Vale Road.
- Number of motifs: 8
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Mankind Group 46 S5
- Campbell sketch (whale) / McCarthy sketch (additonal figures)
A significant Aboriginal cultural site, the Moon Rock Aboriginal Site was declared an Aboriginal Place in 2016. The site has over 50 engravings, including tools and weapons used and to catch animals that were eaten in the area.
- Number of motifs: 86
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 15 Figs 1-3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 35 and 36
- View site sketch
An extensive group of engravings, the Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Area includes many kangaroos, two rainbow serpents and many other figures.
- Number of motifs: 45
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/18
- McCarthy reference: NARARA Unpublished Notebook 63
- View site sketch [PDF]
A ten-foot high Aboriginal engraving of Baiame in a commanding position, at the end of the Mount Murray Anderson ridge.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 16 Fig 11
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 131
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site depicting four leaping kangaroos on a huge rock platform below Mount Murray Anderson.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 14 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 132
- View site sketch
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 16 Fig 12
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 130 / Mankind 93 S2
- View site sketch
A very weathered kangaroo at the edge of one of the rock platforms along the Mount Murray Anderson ridge.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 14 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 134
A series of Aboriginal engraving sites to the south-west of Mount Murray Anderson, which includes two large whales, a man-emu composite figure and a stone arrangement.
- Number of motifs: 24
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 14 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 134
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving of half a man, who has been speared in the foot. It's on a small rock platform above Mullet Creek.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 29 Fig 8
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 7/17
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 186
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site on Taffys Rock, which consists of a line (50m in length) of 44 footprints around the summit.
- Number of motifs: 44
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 10
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 156 / Mankind Group 82
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