Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Banshee
Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Banshee was a built in 1870 and lost on 16/12/1895. Parted moorings during a squall. The vessel went ashore on the 'slags' alongside the old jetty where it broke up.
The oddity, explained
Why is Banshee unusual?
Banshee appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Banshee was a built in 1870 and lost on 16/12/1895. Parted moorings during a squall. The vessel went ashore on the 'slags' alongside the old jetty where it broke up. 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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