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.
The Howe Aboriginal Area is one of the most important ceremonial Aboriginal rock engraving sites in the Sydney area. Figures includes an enormous Daramulan and three Rainbow-Serpents.
- Number of motifs: 24
- Year first recorded: 1947
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/3
- McCarthy reference: NARRARA Mankind Group 38
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An Aboriginal engraving site in Kariong, which has a pair of emus situated on what was an old road.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 3, Fig A
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 164
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Eleven figures have been recorded (one is no longer visible) on a large rock platform near the Central Coast Fire Control Centre.
- Number of motifs: 11
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 7, No. 1 (1969). Sheet 3, Fig B
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 165
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Large emu on a small rock located in the scrub near the Kariong Rifle Range.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(8) 1966 Sheet 2, Fig E
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 160
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Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo on a long rock platform just above a firetrail
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 5/8 (Mt White)
Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo (and fish) on a rock platfom above Kellys Creek.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1980
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 5/22
An Aboriginal axe grinding groove site in the bed of Bumbles Creek, where its forded by Kilkenny Road. It's estimated there are more than 500 grooves.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/58
The Kings Tableland Aboriginal Place is a significant Aboriginal site in the Blue Mountains, which has a large number of grinding grooves and a shelter with carvings on the wall of animal tracks.
- Number of motifs: 8
- Year first recorded: 1973
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 7 (Blue Mountains)
An Aboriginal engraving site near Kowara Road in Somersby, which has five figures including two unusually-shaped macropods.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 2/45
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An Aboriginal rock engraving of a single kangaroo in Lawson in the Blue Mountains, on Kangaroo St.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1967
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection Site 8 (Blue Mountains)
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