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.
An Aboriginal engraving site in Kariong, which has a pair of emus situated on what was an old road.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig A
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 164
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Eleven figures have been recorded (one is no longer visible) on a large rock platform near the Central Coast Fire Control Centre.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 7, No. 1 (1969). Sheet 3, Fig B
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 165
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Large emu on a small rock located in the scrub near the Kariong Rifle Range.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 2, Fig E
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 160
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A weathered Aboriginal rock engravings site along the Kimmerikong Ridge, which was said to depict an initiation ceremony.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 61
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An elevated rock platform along the Kimmerikong Ridge (Muogamarra National Park) which has 13 figures, incuding a large Daramulan.
- Number of motifs: 13
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 22 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 140
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An Aboriginal engraving site on a large rock platform along the Kimmerikong Ridge, with three fish, an oval and an eel. Nearby are multiple heaps of stones.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 22 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 143
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A large weathered whale (over six metres in length) along the Koolewong Ridge Firetrail. It was first documented by W.D. Campbell.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 178
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An impressively high, long and deep shelter below Linden Ridge in the Blue Mountains, Stratton Cave contains Aboriginal rock art which was "discovered" by A.J. Stratton in 1934.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
Little Devils Rock at Maroota is a significant Aboriginal engraving site, which has a number of motifs including a large Baiame and a Daramulan figure.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Year first recorded: 1897
- Originally recorded by: R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- R.H. Mathews reference: Plate XXX
- McCarthy reference: FREDERICK McCarthy Sydney-Hawkesbury No 5
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On one of the rock platforms along the Little Moab Track is a school of (four) whales and a deity figure… the engravings are very faint and weathered and hard to make out.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 13 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 91
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