Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Gem

Garden Island Ships Graveyard, North Arm, Port Adelaide, South Australia

Gem was a built in 1868 and lost on 1927. Re-purposed first as a pontoon, then as a foot bridge. It was then moved and abandoned at the North Arm.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationGarden Island Ships Graveyard, North Arm, Port Adelaide, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1927
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceComposite; Re-purposed first as a pontoon, then as a foot bridge. It was then moved and abandoned at the North Arm.

The oddity, explained

Why is Gem unusual?

Gem appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Gem was a built in 1868 and lost on 1927. Re-purposed first as a pontoon, then as a foot bridge. It was then moved and abandoned at the North Arm. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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