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 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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Described as an "animal scene", the 15 engravings on a rock platform along the Myall Trail in Mt Ku-ring-gai includes a number of wallabies and kangaroos
- Number of motifs: 16
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: SOUTH COLAH Mankind Group 76
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Two leaping kangaroos, part of an emu and with rays on his head forms part of what may represent a hunting scene near the Myall Trail
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- Sim reference: Mankind 5(9) 1960 Fig 2A, p.387
- McCarthy reference: SOUTH COLAH Mankind Group 74
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Two kangaroos on either side of a rock shelter; one with entrails coming out of its stomach
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: SOUTH COLAH Mankind Group 75
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site near Myoora Road, which includes a man holding a boomerang, and many animal figures.
- Number of motifs: 19
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 7, No. 1 (1969) Sheet 1, Fig P. p.57
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 173
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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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A sacred Aboriginal engraving site in Somersby, which has a large Daramulan figure.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/35
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Group 27
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