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 on a large rock platform along the Kimmerikong Ridge, with three fish, an oval and an eel. Nearby are multiple heaps of stones.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: COWAN Plate 22 Fig 2
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Group 143
- View site sketch – Eel (Mcarthy) / Fish (Campbell)
A large weathered whale (over six metres in length) along the Koolewong Ridge Firetrail. It was first documented by W.D. Campbell.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 9
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 178
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An impressively high, long and deep shelter below Linden Ridge in the Blue Mountains, Stratton Cave contains Aboriginal rock art which was "discovered" by A.J. Stratton in 1934.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
Little Devils Rock at Maroota has a number of weathered engravings, including Baiame, right next to the Old Northern Road.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Year first recorded: 1897
- Originally recorded by: R.H. Mathews, F.D. McCarthy, Stanbury and Clegg
- R.H. Mathews reference: Plate XXX
- McCarthy reference: FREDERICK McCarthy Sydney-Hawkesbury No 5
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On one of the rock platforms along the Little Moab Track is a school of (four) whales and a deity figure… the engravings are very faint and weathered and hard to make out.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: NARRABEEN Plate 13 Fig 4
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Group 91
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A complex Aborigial engraving site across multiple adjacent platforms, which includes a very long line of footprints (mundoes) and a depiction of Baiame.
- Number of motifs: 50
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy
- Campbell reference: BROKEN BAY Plate 21 Fig 1-2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Group 135 & 136
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Long Trail Trig is an Aboriginal engraving site described as a "remarkable ceremonial group" with a deity and two composite beings.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 72
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The Lovers and Whales Aboriginal engraving site near the Salvation Loop Track at West Head features an enormous whale, and a copulating couple
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1954
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 49
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An Aboriginal engraving of a man and a "composite emu spirit figure"; it's one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig M (Series 10, p.54)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 10
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving of a single fish; one of a series of eleven sites documented by Ian Sim near the Lyre Trig.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 1 Fig N (Series 11, p.54)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 166 Series 11
- View site sketch
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