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.
A waterhole with two axe grinding grooves, near the Womerah Range Trail.
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Occasional Papers 7(1) 1966, p,6
- McCarthy reference: MELLONG Group 5B
A single kangaroo on a rock ledge overlooking Brisbane Water, below Woy Woy Road. Located in thick scrub and hard to reach.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig N
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 159
- View site sketch
Large wallaby and kangaroo and a smaller macropod near Kariong Scout Camp Road.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1981
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S1
- McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 2
A large man with upraised arms, part of a series of Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1981
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S2
- McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 1
Two significant sites near Woy Woy Road, which represent "a ritual and mythological story".
- Number of motifs: 30
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Notebook No. 62B
- View site sketch
A large whale, two fish and three kangaroos across three adjacent rock platforms near Woy Woy Road.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 6
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969, Group 263 (Sheet 1, Figs A and B)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 175 / Mankind Group 163
- View site sketch – whale / fish and kangaroo / two wallabies
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