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 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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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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