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.
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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A short side-track off the Bobbin Head Trail to a signposted Aboriginal engraving site, which has a broad range of motifs.
- Number of motifs: 37
- Year first recorded: 1894
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: GORDON Plate 21 Figures 3-3
- R.H. Mathews reference: Aboriginal rock paintings and carvings in New South Wales, Royal Society Of Victoria (1894), p. 143-154. Plate 9, Fig 8.
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Group 95
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A small but sigificant Aboriginal engraving site in Bondi, these engravings are located within the Bondi Golf Course. Controversial re-grooving of the site in the 196os means that most of the engravings are still very distinct.
- Number of motifs: 66
- Year first recorded: 1888
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: ALEXANDRIA Plate 4, Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: ALEXANDRIA Group 15 Series 2
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Two adjacent and potentially related Aboriginal rock engraving sites near Boree Valley Road, which depict a koala, two kangaroos and over 30 animal tracks.
A small Aboriginal engraving site which is in the grounds of the Broken Bay Sport and Recreation Centre. The site has eleven figures, including a man, bi-sexual figure, kangaroo and fish.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 8 (1966). Sheet 1, Fig A. p.347
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 146
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A long rock platform near the Brooklyn Dam is an Aboriginal engraving site, with over 20 figures. Many were recorded by McCarthy in 1958.
- Number of motifs: 27
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, 1st Hornsby Scout Group
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 69 Series 1-3
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Originally recorded as part of four sites in the area, the Bulbous Headed Man near Bundeena is one of only four around Sydney.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1962
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(1) 1965 p.23, Sheet 2, Fig A
- McCarthy reference: SUTHERLAND Mankind Group 112 Series 1
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Aboriginal rock engravings near Patonga spread over four rock platforms, which are separated by thick scrub. The most unusual of these engraved figures is a "Bulbous Headed Man".
- Number of motifs: 21
- Year first recorded: 1947
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Bob Pankhurst
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 52
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A significant site near Bulgandry in Kariong: "The whole group is particularly well drawn, and presents one of the best samples of this native art that the Writer has met with"
- Number of motifs: 60
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 28 Fig 1-2
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 3/4
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 176
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