Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Kangaroo

Off Cape Elizabeth 3/4 mile NE of Moonta

Kangaroo was a schooner built in 1855 and lost on 10/02/1873. Failed to observe buoy and ran onto reef.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationOff Cape Elizabeth 3/4 mile NE of Moonta
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1873
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Failed to observe buoy and ran onto reef.

The oddity, explained

Why is Kangaroo unusual?

Kangaroo appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Kangaroo was a schooner built in 1855 and lost on 10/02/1873. Failed to observe buoy and ran onto reef. 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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