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 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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