Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Parara

Point Lowly, near /Whyalla/Port Augusta, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

Parara was a ketch built in 1874 and lost on 10/07/1882. Driven onto rocks during a northerly gale.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPoint Lowly, near /Whyalla/Port Augusta, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1882
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Driven onto rocks during a northerly gale.

The oddity, explained

Why is Parara unusual?

Parara appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Parara was a ketch built in 1874 and lost on 10/07/1882. Driven onto rocks during a northerly gale. 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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