Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Fairfield
Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island
Fairfield was a ship built in 1846 and lost on 09/08/1874. On 8 August 1874 Fairfield left Port Adelaide in ballast, but with a small amount of cargo, bound for Wallaroo. However, having only just departed Fletcher’s Slip after a refit, the deck gear was adrift and there was an amount of confusion on board. Th
The oddity, explained
Why is Fairfield unusual?
Fairfield appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Fairfield was a ship built in 1846 and lost on 09/08/1874. On 8 August 1874 Fairfield left Port Adelaide in ballast, but with a small amount of cargo, bound for Wallaroo. However, having only just departed Fletcher’s Slip after a refit, the deck gear was adrift and there was an amount of confusion on board. Th. 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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