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 series of Aboriginal engraving sites along the cliff between Patonga and Warrah Lookout. Over 30 figures, which include a number of men, animals and bird tracks.
- Number of motifs: 39
- Year first recorded: 1954
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 5, No 1 (1954). Figs 5A-5F
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 53
- View site sketch
An Aboriginal engraving of a single, broad fish on a small rock platform between Warrah Trig Road and Patonga Drive.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 7/2
Two Aboriginal engravings of fish (and axe grinding grooves) on a rock platform below the Warrah Trig Road
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No 8 (1966). Sheet 1, Fig F
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 151
- View site sketch
Three slabs of rock that were part of a larger Aboriginal engraving site, which were re-located to the St Ives Wildflower Garden during the construction of the F3 freeway.
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 2013
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- View site sketch
The Wilton Shelter is a significant and spectacular Aboriginal rock art site in Sydney's south-west. The long shelter has over 60 motifs, all drawn in charcoal including two life-size kangaroos and a large anthropomorphic figures.
- Number of motifs: 60
- Year first recorded: 1964
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- View site sketch – Southern section / Northern section
A waterhole with two axe grinding grooves, near the Womerah Range Trail.
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Occasional Papers 7(1) 1966, p,6
- McCarthy reference: MELLONG Group 5B
A very weathered kangaroo in thick scrub near Woy Woy Creek.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Catalogue (1976) Site 7/25
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
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Notebook No. 62B
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 Catalogue: A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (March 1976)
0 Comments