Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Maria
Margaret Brock Reef, Lacepede Bay, South Australia
Maria was a brig built in 1823 and lost on 28/06/1840. The Maria, a 136 ton wooden brig built in 1823 en route to Hobart Town from Adelaide went ashore on Margaret Brock reef in late June 1840.
The oddity, explained
Why is Maria unusual?
Maria appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Maria was a brig built in 1823 and lost on 28/06/1840. The Maria, a 136 ton wooden brig built in 1823 en route to Hobart Town from Adelaide went ashore on Margaret Brock reef in late June 1840. 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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