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 series of eight Aboriginal engraving sites near Mount White, which include 28 figures and over 30 axe grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 28
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 5/37
An Aboriginal engraving site with a single fish, in thick scrub near the Tunnel Trail.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 7/18
An Aboriginal engraving of half a man, who has been speared in the foot. It's on a small rock platform above Mullet Creek.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 29 Fig 8
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 7/17
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 186
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site near Myoora Road, which includes a man holding a boomerang, and many animal figures.
- Number of motifs: 19
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 7, No. 1 (1969) Sheet 1, Fig P. p.57
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 173
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Above the Gosford Railway Dams in Narara is an Aboriginal engraving site which includes a speared man, eel and fish.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1974
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/51
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Aboriginal rock art site along the Oaks Trail in the Blue Labyrinth area of the Blue Mountains, which has a pair of kangaroo tracks and a few scattered grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1958
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 18 (Blue Mountains)
A sacred Aboriginal engraving site in Somersby, which has a large Daramulan figure.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/35
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Group 27
- View site sketch
A sloping rock platform near Debenham Road South, which has about 10 Aboriginal engravings (including an emu and multiple fish).
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/31
A significant Aboriginal engraving site in Somersby, which includes a large bird of ceremonial significance and an anthropomorphic "spirit figure".
- Number of motifs: 28
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/34
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Group 27A
- View site sketch / detailed McCarthy sketches
A large rock platform near Debenham Road South, which has a single Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/31 S2
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