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 "bulbous head" (one of only four recorded around Sydney) and a second weathered figure near the end of Kimmerikong Ridge in Muogamarra National Park.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 22 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 141
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An Aboriginal engraving site within the Muogamarra Nature Reserve, which was thought to depict a fishing expedition. It has over 20 figures.
- Number of motifs: 21
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 144 Series 1
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A unique Aboriginal engraving site in the Muogamarra Nature Reserve, which depicts a man and woman copulating, along with four additional men.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Bob Pankhurst
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 148
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An Aboriginal engraving site in the Muogamarra Nature Reserve which has over 20 figures depicting mammals and fish commonly found in the area.
- Number of motifs: 21
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 147
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A complex Aboriginal engraving site with 42 figures first documented by W.D. Campbell in six groups. The figures include a speared man and many animals and hunting tools.
- Number of motifs: 42
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Figs 5-10
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 145
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The Whale Feast site is a "remarkable" Aboriginal engraving site in Muogamarra Nature Reserve. It has over 60 figures, including a Baiame ancestral being and a line of 31 human figures below a large whale.
- Number of motifs: 69
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 149
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Located in the middle of an informal walking track between Natural Arch Track and Forestville Park is a wallaby or kangaroo. A few nearby engravings are considered to be fake.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 8 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 60 (ii)
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An Aboriginal engraving site on a long ledge in Oxford Falls, which depicts five wallabies or kangaroos.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 52
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An Aboriginal engraving site on a small rock platform in Oxford Falls, which includes a shield, kangaroo and some indeterminate figures.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 51
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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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