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.
An Aboriginal engraving of a deity (probably Baiame) on a large rock platform below the Taber trig station
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 15
- R.H. Mathews reference: Rock Pictures of the Australian Aborigines, Proceedings of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australiasia, Vol. 11, p.102 (Plate 2, Fig 5)
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 120
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An Aboriginal engraving of a man or deity on a large rock platform below the Taber trig station.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 12 Fig 12
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 118
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Aboriginal engraving of a seal, sea lion or dugong, near the edge of a large rock platform below Taber Trig
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 20 Fig 5
- R.H. Mathews reference: Rock Pictures of the Australian Aborigines, Proceedings of the Queensland Branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australiasia, Vol. 11, p.103 (Plate 2, Fig 6)
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 120
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Two adjoining Aboriginal engraving sites near the Terraborra North Trail, depicting an emu, bird and anthropomorphic figure.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Occasional Papers 7(1) 1966, Plate 1 Fig C (p.5-6)
- McCarthy reference: MELLONG Group 5
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An small Aboriginal engraving site depicting a hunter and his two wives celebrating a successful kangaroo hunt.
- Number of motifs: 15
- Year first recorded: 1941
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 1
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The Lyrebird Site in Larool Reserve (Terrey Hills) features an engraving of a lyrebird, as well as many other animal carvings.
- Number of motifs: 31
- Year first recorded: 1941
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 2
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Most likely representing an emu hunt, the Ticehurst Park Aboriginal engraving site in Faulconbridge has three very distinct emu carvings, as well as six mundoes (footprints) and a number of axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: COOK Mankind Group 24
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This Aboriginal engraving site has multiple figures in the bed of a creek, including two unusual male figures and three eels
- Number of motifs: -3
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig M
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 158
An Aboriginal engraving of an enormous (but incomplete) whale and three kangaroos above Tommos Loop in Brisbane Water NP.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 28 Fig 5
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 3/24
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 181
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site on Topham Hill depicting a school of 30 fish; below this site is a weathered carving of a man.
- Number of motifs: 67
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Figs 6-8
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 103
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