Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Emily Smith
Maupertuis Bay, north of Cape De Couedic, Kangaroo Island
Emily Smith was a brig built in 1849 and lost on 15/05/1877. The vessel was on a voyage from King George Sound to Port Adelaide with a cargo of wool, timber and about twenty-five passengers. After being twelve days out on the 15 May 1877 the vessel went ashore during a gale at Maupertuis Bay on the west coast o
The oddity, explained
Why is Emily Smith unusual?
Emily Smith appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Emily Smith was a brig built in 1849 and lost on 15/05/1877. The vessel was on a voyage from King George Sound to Port Adelaide with a cargo of wool, timber and about twenty-five passengers. After being twelve days out on the 15 May 1877 the vessel went ashore during a gale at Maupertuis Bay on the west coast o. 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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