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 single kangaroo on a rock ledge overlooking Brisbane Water, below Woy Woy Road. Located in thick scrub and hard to reach.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig N
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 159
- View site sketch
Large wallaby and kangaroo and a smaller macropod near Kariong Scout Camp Road.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1981
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S1
- McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 2
A large man with upraised arms, part of a series of Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim and Fred McCarthy.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1981
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6 S2
- McCarthy reference: Unpublished Notebook 62C Series 1
A series of Aboriginal rock engravings and axe grinding grooves scattered across adjoining rock platforms above Woy Woy Road
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1967
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/22
Two significant sites near Woy Woy Road, which represent "a ritual and mythological story".
- Number of motifs: 30
- Year first recorded: 1946
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 3/6
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Notebook No. 62B
- View site sketch
A large whale, two fish and three kangaroos across three adjacent rock platforms near Woy Woy Road.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 27 Fig 6
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969, Group 263 (Sheet 1, Figs A and B)
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 175 / Mankind Group 163
- View site sketch – whale / fish and kangaroo / two wallabies
A stone arrangement and a series of five (very weathered) Aboriginal engraving sites near the Woy Woy Snake.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 7/20
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