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 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- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Group 27A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
An interesting Aboriginal engraving site in Calga, which includes hunting weapons and two squid, and a very large number of grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1944
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 4/5
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal rock art site near a tributary of Piles Creek in Kariong, which has a long anthropomorphic figure and over 60 grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: Sim Collection Site 2/7
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/1
An Aboriginal engraving site with a whale (or shark), man and kangaroo near a tributary of Pile Creek. It may depict a "whale magic" scene.
- 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 O
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 172
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving of a large kangaroo near the Pipeline Trail in Popran NP.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1977
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 6/21
Very weathered Aboriginal rock art in charcoal near the Mooney Mooney Aboriginal Area.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1975
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
Next to a waterhole is a single Aboriginal engraving of a man, described as a Ghindarring or "hairy man" figure. Two kangaroos are nearby.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1975
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/15
A large rock platform in Kariong on the Central Coast which has three speared animals as well as multiple engraved circles, mundoes and grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Warren Bluff, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/12
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