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 small group of Aboriginal engravings on a spur above Maitland bay. The figures include a shark, fish, an eel and a shield.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Reference: Sim Collection Site 1/8
A large rock platform on Darkinjung Land in Mangrove Mountain contains over 100 grinding grooves, as well as a shelter with hand stencils and what appeats to be a stone arrangement.
- Number of motifs: 115
- Year first recorded: 1975
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 6/2
A "well posed" kangaroo almost four metres in length, this Aboriginal engraving site in Mangrove Mountain was originally recorded by Ian Sim.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(2) 1963 Sheet 5, Fig D
- McCarthy reference: POPRAN Mankind Group 133
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A ridgtetop Aboriginal site at Mangrove Mountain, which has nine figures including an eel or Rainbow Serpent.
- Number of motifs: 9
- Year first recorded: 1960
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- McCarthy reference: POPRAN Mankind Group 130
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An Aboriginal engraving of a large whale on a flat rock surface in Mangrove Mountains. Nearby are two Aboriginal wells.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1963
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 6(2) 1963 Sheet 5, Fig B
- McCarthy reference: POPRAN Mankind Group 131
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Scattered figures around this small Aboriginal engraving site near Mangrove Road include a Daramulan figure.
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/65
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An Aboriginal engraving site in Strickland State Forest with two male figures, and 16 grinding grooves.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1945
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Sim Collection 2/66
A quite clearly defined kangaroo, and some smaller engravings, next to the Max Allen Track on a small rock
- Number of motifs: 5
- Year first recorded: 1965
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 6, No. 6 (1965). Sheet 1, Fig E
- McCarthy reference: GORDON Mankind Group 145
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An Aboriginal engraving of a kangaroo; one of a series of ten sites documented by Ian Sim near the Milyerra Trail
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2F
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S6
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An Aboriginal engraving site of a man with upstretched arms near the Milyerra Road Firetrail.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2A
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S1
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