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 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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A small but interesting Aboriginal engraving site just below Cottage Point Road, with over 20 figures including two men (or deities) and two women, one of whom has caught a fish.
- Number of motifs: 24
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 121
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Three very distinct Aboriginal hand stencils and a fish in red ochre, on rock overhangs along Smiths Creek
- Number of motifs: 8
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 14
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An Aboriginal engraving site above Smiths Creek, the large rock platform has a pair of clearly-cut emus, a large fish and a shield.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1989
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 137
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A significant Aboriginal engraving site at Cottage Point, with two deity (Baiame) figures. Both have a rayed headress and vertical stripes on their bodies.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 119
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An Aboriginal engraving of a deity (probably Baiame) on a large rock platform below the Taber trig station
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 15
- R.H. Mathews reference: Rock Pictures of the Australian Aborigines, Proceedings of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australiasia, Vol. 11, p.102 (Plate 2, Fig 5)
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 120
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An Aboriginal engraving of a man or deity on a large rock platform below the Taber trig station.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 12
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 118
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Aboriginal engraving of a seal, sea lion or dugong, near the edge of a large rock platform below Taber Trig
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 5
- R.H. Mathews reference: Rock Pictures of the Australian Aborigines, Proceedings of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australiasia, Vol. 11, p.103 (Plate 2, Fig 6)
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 120
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A long and deep shelter near the Taber Trig, with charcoal drawings (documented by Campbell) and red hand stencils
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, Warren Bluff
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 7
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Shelter with a single Aboriginal charcoal drawing in Taffys Gully.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 11
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