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 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A small Aboriginal engraving site which depicts "a fleeing kangaroo, and an emu with 2 chicks, a "common site in the locality". The site has extensive views.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Mankind Group 45
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A signposted site next to Quarter Sessions Road has an Aboriginal engraving depicting a pair of leaping kangaroos.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Jo McDonald, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: SOUTH COLAH Mankind Group 64 Series 2
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Aboriiginal engraving of a large speared kangaroo as well as two nearby human figures near Raverson Close.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1979
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/36
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Notebook 26
An impressive display of red, yellow and white Aboriginal hand stencils in a long shelter. The Red Hands Cave is reached via a 1km return walk from the end of the Red Hands Firetrail or a longer 8.2km bushwalk along Campfire Creek.
- Number of motifs: 76
- Year first recorded: 1913
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
An Aboriginal rock engraving site in the Red Hill Reserve depicting a single fish.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1963
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 2 (1963). p.55. Plate E, Fig E.
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 121
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