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.
Interpreted as a hunting scene, this small Aboriginal engraving site near the Cook Street Trail features a large emu/turtle, superimposed with a man (or hunter). Nearby sre two snakes.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 8 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 63
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The Basin Aboriginal Site is a significant, signposted rock engraving site along the Basin Track. It has 53 figures, and interpretative signage.
- Number of motifs: 53
- Year first recorded: 1964
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(6) 1965 Sheet 1, Fig A
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 138
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Along the Basin Track is a fairly deeply-cut stingray (or skate), on a small rock surrounded by dense scrub.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 100
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An Aboriginal engraving of a turtle at Ben Buckler Point - the only remaining figure from a small site which had five carvings.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: ALEXANDRIA Plate 2, Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: ALEXANDRIA Group 13
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The three Shark Rock Aboriginal engraving sites near Berowra Waters include a shark and eel, a kangaroo, and a human figure on a vertical rocks.
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1961
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(2) 1963 Sheet 3, Figs J-K, p.59
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 125
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The Big Man, Small Man Aboriginal engraving site has three male figures. The largest is over six metres high, and the smallest just over a metre.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
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Behind a row of houses is a large rock platform with a small number of engravings including fish and a kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: SOUTH COLAH Mankind Group 64 Series 1
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The main engraving is a large whale, about 11m in length, with an unusually large mouth. Near the whale are two boomerangs and a small figure.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1892
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 1
- R.H. Mathews reference: Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 1985, Vol 25, p.145
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 61
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Located on a vertical rock face in the Bobbin Head Marina carpark is an engraving of a fish, mammal and goanna
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: GORDON Plate 21 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Group 93
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A large but very weathered Aboriginal site near the Bobbin Head Trig, which represents "mythological spirit beings" and a food-getting theme.
- Number of motifs: 32
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: GORDON Plate 22 Figs 5-6
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Mankind Group 94
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