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.
Two leaping kangaroos engraved on a large rock platform next to the Road to Nowhere Trail.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 89
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A solitary engraving of a whale with an oblong figure at its snout. Nice views from this rock platform.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 8 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 90
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A lesser-known site featuring seven shields, located below the "Seven Rabbits" (Woy Woy) site
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig L
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 157
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A small Aboriginal engraving site, with two shields and a small man with bent legs.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 100
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Below the Shark Rock Ridge in dense scrub is an Aboriginal engraving of a "protective deity, holding up a fish with the right hand"
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 25 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 163
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An Aboriginal engraving site with an adult and young emu, on a small rock platform just above the Pacific Motorway.
- Number of motifs: -1
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 99
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One of several Aboriginal engraving sites along Shark Rock Ridge. It includes a large stingray, multiple fish, emus, kangaroos and kangaroo rats and a man (who may be hunting or fishing).
- Number of motifs: 22
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 26 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 165 & Mankind Group 98
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An Aboriginal engraving site along Shark Rock Ridge, which may represent "a hunting incident in the mythology or a totemic ritual". It has 14 figures, including two "koala bears" which resemble a Daramulan.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 25 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 162
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A ritual or mythological Aboriginal engraving site along Shark Rock Ridge. The six figures include a man with large and distinct mouth.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 101
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Along the Shark Rock Ridge track is an Aboriginal engraving of a whale; the enormous figure is ten metres in length, with a goanna and whale inside the whale.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 26 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 164
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