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 site described as a "successful kangaroo hunt", which has a woman, kangaroo and boomerang.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 24 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 150
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Very weathered and hard to see, this Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo was first recorded by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(2) 1963 Sheet 3 Fig C
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Mankind Group 119
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Two shields and some indeterminate figures at an Aboriginal engraving site on a tesselated pavement within Red Hill Reserve.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 10 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 47
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A deeply-carved Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo near the Red Hill Main Trail (Red Hill Reserve)
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1982
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 10 Fig 3
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 46
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Aboriginal engraving site on a rock platform above Wheeler Creek which depicts two shields.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 9 Fig 8
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 49
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The Wheeler Heights Aboriginal Site is large site documented by W.D. Campbell in 1899, who described it as “one of the finest groups the Writer has come across”. The scenes include two men fighting and a successful kangaroo hunt.
- Number of motifs: 142
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- Campbell reference: MANLY Plate 10 Fig 1
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 45
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Solitary Aboriginal engraving of a fish, below the Willunga Trig station.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 19 Fig 6
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 108
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
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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
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