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 very weathered Aboriginal engraving of a man, on a sloping rock. It is one of a series of ten sites near the Milyerra Trail documented by Ian Sim.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1967
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2B
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S2
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A rock ledge with multiple Aboriginal engravings, axe grinding grooves and a waterhole near the Milyerra Trail
- Number of motifs: 14
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2E
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S5
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A small Aboriginal engraving site with two kangaroos, three fish, an eel and a shield, which is part of a series of ten sites documented by Ian Sim near the Milyerra Trail.
- Number of motifs: 8
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2J
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S9
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Aboriginal engravings of a kangaroo, head of a kangaroo and shield on scattered rock surfaces; they are part of a series of ten sites documented by Ian Sim near the Milyerra Trail
- Number of motifs: 4
- Year first recorded: 1969
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2G
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S7
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A large rock platform near the Milyerra Trail, with engravings of a 40' whale and 10' kangaroo.
- Number of motifs: 2
- Year first recorded: 1899
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Mankind 7(1) 1969 Sheet 2 Fig 2C and 2D
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S3 and S4
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Traversed by the Milyerra Road Fire Trail, a large, tesselated rock platform contains a number of weathered engravings
- Number of motifs: 44
- Year first recorded: 1898
- Originally recorded by: W.D. Campbell, F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim
- Campbell reference: PATONGA Plate 25, Fig 1
- Sim reference: Group 167, Series 8
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Group 167 S8
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Axe Grinding Grooves above the Corrumbine Creek Firetrail, in Brisbane Water National Park.
- Number of motifs: 6
- Year first recorded: 1995
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim, Warren Bluff
Two adjacent indigenous heritage sites along Mount Irvine Road near Bilpin. One has axe grinding grooves, and the other hand stencils.
- Number of motifs: 10
- Year first recorded: 1976
- Originally recorded by: Ian Sim
- Sim reference: Sim Collection, Site 2 (Blue Mountains)
A Daramulan figure on a spur off Mt Kariong; it's the last of five Aboriginal engraving sites documented by Ian Sim.
- Number of motifs: 1
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 8 No. 6 (1966). Sheet 2, Fig D. p.352-3
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 161 Series 5
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An Aboriginal engraving site on a spur off Mt Kariong with a very unusual one-legged man (as well as a second man and koala).
- Number of motifs: 3
- Year first recorded: 1966
- Originally recorded by: F.D. McCarthy, Ian Sim, Bob Pankhurst
- Sim reference: Mankind Vol 8 No. 6 (1966). Sheet 2, Fig C. p.352-3
- McCarthy reference: PATONGA Mankind Group 161 Series 3
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