Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Frances
Neptune Island, easterly bay of East Island, near Port Lincoln, South Australia
Frances was a cutter built in 1839 and lost on 29/08/1840. Blown ashore during an easterly gale.
The oddity, explained
Why is Frances unusual?
Frances appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Frances was a cutter built in 1839 and lost on 29/08/1840. Blown ashore during an easterly 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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