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.
The Long Trail Trig Aboriginal engraving site is described as a "remarkable ceremonial group" with figures including a deity, two composite beings and a kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 72
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The Longueville Park Aboriginal engraving site has an unusually-drawn emu and an oval figure; it may represent an emu hunt.,
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: WILLOUGHBY Plate 18 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: WILLOUGHBY Group 31
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The Lovers and Whales Aboriginal engraving site near the Salvation Loop Track at West Head features an enormous whale, and a copulating couple
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1954
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 49
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site near Lyre Trig in Kariong; it depicts what appears to be a copulating couple.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig G (Series 1, p.54)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 5
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An Aboriginal engraving of a man and a "composite emu spirit figure"; it's one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig M (Series 10, p.54)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 10
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An Aboriginal engraving of a single fish; one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig N (Series 11, p.54)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 11
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A large Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo near the Lyre Trig Track; possibly a mythological figure due to its size.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA PLATE 27 Fig 8
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 173
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A single Aboriginal engraving of a man below Lyre Trig in Kariong, first documented by W.D. Campbell in 1899.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 174
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An Aboriginal engraving of a fish and an oval below Lyre Trig; it is one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig C (Series 1, p.52)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 1
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A complex and likely significant Aboriginal engraving site below the Lyre Trig in Kariong. The site has over sixty figures and 10 axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 59
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 171
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