Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Captain Sturt

Goolwa, near Veenstra's Slip, South Australia.

Captain Sturt was a none built in 1916 and lost on 1940. Converted to houseboat resting on riverbed.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationGoolwa, near Veenstra's Slip, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1940
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Iron; Converted to houseboat resting on riverbed.

The oddity, explained

Why is Captain Sturt unusual?

Captain Sturt appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Captain Sturt was a none built in 1916 and lost on 1940. Converted to houseboat resting on riverbed. 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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