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 significant Aboriginal engraving site in Somersby, which includes a large bird of ceremonial significance and an anthropomorphic "spirit figure".
- Number of motifs: 28
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/34
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Group 27A
- View site sketch / detailed McCarthy sketches
An Aboriginal engraving site on a long ledge in Oxford Falls, which depicts five wallabies or kangaroos.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 52
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site on a small rock platform in Oxford Falls, which includes a shield, kangaroo and some indeterminate figures.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 51
- View site sketch
A small Aboriginal engraving site in Faulconbridge, which includes two men and a leaping kangaroo, as well as many axe grinding grooves. It was likely a ceremonial site.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: COOK Mankind Group 24
- View site sketch
Five mundoes (of which only two are now visible) on an overgrown rock platform on Porto Ridge near Peak Hill.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 71
- View site sketch
The largest figure at this Muogamarra Aboriginal engraving site is a manta ray; nearby are five men, a woman, a kangaroo rat and a very clearly-carved bird.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 146 Series 2
- View site sketch
A large whale engraving next to the Peats Crater Trail in Muogamarra Nature Reserve. Nearby is a wallaby and two circles (which may represent squid or food for the whale).
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 23 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 146 Series 1
- View site sketch
An interesting Aboriginal engraving site in Calga, which includes hunting weapons and two squid, and a very large number of grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1944
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 4/5
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site with a whale (or shark), man and kangaroo near a tributary of Pile Creek. It may depict a "whale magic" scene.
- 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 O
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 172
- View site sketch
First recorded by the 1st Hornsby Scout Group, this Aboriginal engraving site depicts a man and his pregnant wife.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 70
- View site sketch
0 Comments