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 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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Multiple Aboriginal engravings located on five sites across the western side of Topham Hill, on a series of rock ledges.
- Number of motifs: 30
- Year first recorded: 1944
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 17 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 17
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The Topham Trig Station engraving site is one of great ceremonial significance. It has a Daramulan figure, as well as a man and woman.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1941
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 16
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Two rows of mundoes near West Head Road which may have represented the tracks of mythological men; much of the site is now covered over.
- Number of motifs: 17
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 10
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 106
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Scattered figures including two fish and a small man at the start of the Towlers Bay Track at West Head
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 7
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 107
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A small engraving of what may be a wombat, and axe grinding grooves, on a rock platform above the Tunnel Firetrail.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 29 Fig 5
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 182
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