Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Buster

3 km NW of Port Haslam, Streaky Bay, West Coast of South Australia.

Buster was a built in 1959 and lost on 1983. In c.1983 Buster broke from its mooring at Dunn’s Wells, northeast of Point De Mole, in Streaky Bay, during a northwesterly gale. The vessel came ashore about 3 km northwest of the Port Haslam jetty, where it soon broke up under the pounding of the wav

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location3 km NW of Port Haslam, Streaky Bay, West Coast of South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1983
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; In c.1983 Buster broke from its mooring at Dunn’s Wells, northeast of Point De Mole, in Streaky Bay, during a northwesterly gale. The vessel came ashore about 3 km northwest of the Port Haslam jetty, where it soon broke up under the pounding of the wav

The oddity, explained

Why is Buster unusual?

Buster appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Buster was a built in 1959 and lost on 1983. In c.1983 Buster broke from its mooring at Dunn’s Wells, northeast of Point De Mole, in Streaky Bay, during a northwesterly gale. The vessel came ashore about 3 km northwest of the Port Haslam jetty, where it soon broke up under the pounding of the wav. 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

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