Sim documented hundreds of Aboriginal rock art sites across Sydney, many of them published in a series of articles in Mankind in the 1960s. A consolidated set of his recordings referred to as the “Sim Collection” are now held by AHIMS.
A complex Aboriginal engraving site on a spur off Mt Kariong; it includes four men in a row, fish, kangaroos and a dingo.
- Number of motifs: 17
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 8 No. 6 (1966). Sheet 2, Fig A. p.352-3
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 161 Series 1
- View site sketch
A small Aboriginal engraving site near Mount Penang with two eels and three smaller figures (man holding club and boomerang).
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3 Fig 3E
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 171
- View site sketch
Aboriginal stone arrangement and engravings of three fish on a ridge near Mount White.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/40
Aboriginal engraving of a boomerang near Mount White
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/42
An large rock rock platform near Mount White, which has about ten Aboriginal engravings including a Daramulan and "sea creature-like" figure.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/38
Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo on a sloping rock face near Mount White.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/39 S1
An Aboriginal rock engraving site on a ridge near Mount White which includes two men (one exhibiting both male and female traits, a shark, and eight fish, with . All figures are notably weathered.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/12
An Aboriginal engraving site with (at least) two mundoes and some circles on a ridge near Mount White.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/14
An Aboriginal rock art site with a man and woman drawn in red ochre along a ridge near Mount White.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
European contact art near Mt White in the form of a sailing ship; nearby are over 50 grinding grooves and a small woman.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/43
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