Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Elsie
Coorong Beach, 26 miles from Meningie
Elsie was a ketch built in 1873 and lost on 03/03/1901. Went ashore in heavy seas
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCoorong Beach, 26 miles from Meningie
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1901
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Went ashore in heavy seas
The oddity, explained
Why is Elsie unusual?
Elsie appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Elsie was a ketch built in 1873 and lost on 03/03/1901. Went ashore in heavy seas. 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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