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.
Shaws Creek Aboriginal Place contains a small Aboriginal engraving, which has two kangaroos and five kangaroo tracks - and an additional carving likely to be European. There are also multiple axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1948
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
An unusual depiction of Baiame at an Aboriginal engraving site above Cottage Point Road. The figure has two horns, and is holding a shield and a dilly bag.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1894
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 16
- R.H. Mathews reference: Plate 9, Fig 7. Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings in New South Wales, Royal Society Of Victoria (1894). p. 143-156.
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 125
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A small but interesting Aboriginal engraving site just below Cottage Point Road, with over 20 figures including two men (or deities) and two women, one of whom has caught a fish.
- Number of motifs: 24
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 121
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Sandstone shelter along Smiths Creek with three fish drawn in charcoal.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1943
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
An Aboriginal engraving site above Smiths Creek, the large rock platform has a pair of clearly-cut emus, a large fish and a shield.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1989
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 137
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A significant Aboriginal engraving site at Cottage Point, with two deity (Baiame) figures. Both have a rayed headress and vertical stripes on their bodies.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 119
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An Aboriginal engraving of a death adder on an industrial property in Somersby.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 2/8
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 61A
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An Aboriginal engraving site on an industrial property in Somersby, which has four figures including a man and kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 2/7
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 61
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A significant Aboriginal rock art site in the MacDonald River district, Spirits Cave was extensively documented by Ian Sim. The shelter contains 186 motifs, including multiple deity figures and what was thought to be a Rainbow Serpent.
- Number of motifs: 186
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
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Next to the Pacific Motorway (M1), the Spring Gully (or Cockle Creek) site has 83 engraved figures across multiple locations.
- Number of motifs: 97
- Year first recorded: 1959
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: GORDON McCarthy Sydney-Hawkesbury No 2
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