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 on a boulder along Berowra Creek; two fish are very distinct, and another seven figures have weathered away.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1961
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(2) 1963 Sheet 3, Fig M, p.59
- McCarthy reference: COWAN Mankind Group 126
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site in Strickland State Forest, which feaures a large Daramulan figure.
- Number of motifs: 12
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/61
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving site near Dog Trap Road which features a prominent Daramulan figure and a smaller deity.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/62
- View site sketch – Daramulan
A clearly engraved site, featuring a detailed carving of an echidna and a very long line of mundoes (footprints).
- Number of motifs: 87
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Stanbury and Clegg
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(6) 1965 Sheet 2
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 139
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Two echidnas and what has been described as a snake are located on a rock platform close to Mona Vale Road.
- Number of motifs: 7
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(6) 1965, Sheet 2, Fig D1
- McCarthy reference: NARRABEEN Mankind Group 144
- View site sketch
Two Aboriginal engravings on Elephant Rock near Patonga, including an intriguing carving of an ant, spider or "indeterminate bag-like object"...
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 1, Fig D
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 149
An Aboriginal engraving of a male figure on a long rock platform near Elephant Rock.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 2018
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
Emu Cave (also known as Shearwoods Cave) has hundred of emu prints carved into the western wall, and axe grinding grooves above the shelter.
- Number of motifs: 100
- Year first recorded: 1871
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 3 (Blue Mountains)
The signposted Finchley cultural walk provides access to the Finchley Aboriginal Site, considered one of the best Aboriginal engraving sites in Australia.
- Number of motifs: 137
- Year first recorded: 1937
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- McCarthy reference: YANGO McDonald River District Group 17
- View site sketch
Three Aboriginal engraving sites on vertical rock faces, to the east of Flint and Steel Beach.
- Number of motifs: 35
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No, 6 (1965) Group 143
- McCarthy reference: BROKEN BAY Mankind Group 143
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