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 Aboriginal engraving site near Christys Gully on the Central Coast; most of the figures are very weathered.
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Warren Bluff
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/5 (Mt White)
A long rock platform above Christys Gully, which has multiple Aboriginal engravings including eels and kangaroos.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/3 S3 (Mt White)
An Aboriginal engraving along the Christys Gully Firetrail on the Central Coast with two small fish.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/3 S1 (Mt White)
An Aboriginal engraving along the Christys Gully Firetrail on the Central Coast with two back-to-back male profile figures.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/3 S2 (Mt White)
An Aboriginal engraving site depicting a school of seven fish, towards the end of West Head Road
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 6 (1965) Group 142 (Sheet 1, Fig D)
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 142
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An interesting Aboriginal engraving site in the bed of Coorumbine Creek, first documented by Ian Sim in 1969 and depicting a whale and three men.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig D
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 170
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A small Aboriginal engraving site above the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail with four eels and a small fish.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 7, No. 1 (1969). Sheet 2, Fig 2L
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 168
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Two eels at a small Aboriginal engraving site which was first documented by Ian Sim in 1969. Nearby are some deep axe grinding gooves.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig C
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 169
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A complex and well-documented site on a rocky spur in Woy Woy, which is known for its "seven dancing rabbits"
- Number of motifs: 55
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 28 Fig 3-4
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig K
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 156 & Group 179
- View site sketch – Site Overview / Site 1 / Site 2 / Site 3 (Rabbits)
An Aboriginal engraving site which has two men with head-dresses, located on a sloping rock platform along a creek in Somersby.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/52
- McCarthy reference: GOSFORD Unpublished Group 61C
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