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.
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
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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
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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
Aboriiginal engraving of a large speared kangaroo as well as two nearby human figures near Raverson Close.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1979
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/36
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Notebook 26
An Aboriginal rock engraving site in the Red Hill Reserve depicting a single fish.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1963
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 2 (1963). p.55. Plate E, Fig E.
- McCarthy reference: MANLY Group 121
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An Aboriginal engraving site near Reeves Street, with a single kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 2/54
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