Fred McCarthy documented an enormous number of sites across Sydney, and further north (36 parishes in total). His Catalogue of Rock Engravings spans two volumes and over 1200 pages, and includes the recordings of Campbell and Sim, as well as his own sites.
A ritual Aboriginal site near the America Bay Track, which features a large Daramulan (ancestral hero)
- Number of motifs: 31
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 33 Series 3-5
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An unusual engraving depicting a man striking a wallaby, on a small platform above a waterfall
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 34
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A giant kangaroo and mundoe (and nearby shield), probably of mythological importance
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 101
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A short detour off the America Bay Track reveals some fascinating Aboriginal rock engravings, including a large whale
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 33 Series 1 and 2
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An Aboriginal engraving site below the America Bay Track, which may represent a fishing scene.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 51
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An Aboriginal engraving site in Maroota depicting a kangaroo hunt, the figures include a man, two kangaroos, three koalas and two eels.
- Number of motifs: 16
- Year first recorded: 1959
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: CORNELIA Sydney-Hawkesbury No 3
Aboriginal engraving near Bairne Trig (West Head) with figures incuding a man or woman, and a koala.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 105
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An engraving of a whale around six metres in length, within the tail of which there is faded, but just-visible man.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: WILLOUGHBY Plate 4 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: WILLOUGHBY Group 30
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An enormous Aboriginal engraving site, which was the first to be visited by Europeans in 1788. There are over 100 figures representing different scenes.
- Number of motifs: 116
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 6 Figs 1-5
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 62
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Interpreted as a hunting scene, this small Aboriginal engraving site near the Cook Street Trail features a large emu/turtle, superimposed with a man (or hunter). Nearby sre two snakes.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 8 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 63
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