Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Mary Ellis
On the beach above the high water mark at the head of Sleaford Bay (western end of the bay), in the Port Lincoln National Park, south of Port Lincoln, South Australia.
Mary Ellis was a ketch built in 09/12/1897 and lost on 05/04/1907. The ketch Mary Ellis left Port Adelaide with one passenger, a few tons of general cargo and 24 tons of superphosphate on Wednesday 3 April 1907 bound for Venus Bay, and probably for other ports on the West Coast. In increasingly rough seas west of North
The oddity, explained
Why is Mary Ellis unusual?
Mary Ellis appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Mary Ellis was a ketch built in 09/12/1897 and lost on 05/04/1907. The ketch Mary Ellis left Port Adelaide with one passenger, a few tons of general cargo and 24 tons of superphosphate on Wednesday 3 April 1907 bound for Venus Bay, and probably for other ports on the West Coast. In increasingly rough seas west of North. 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. Compare nearby records and the linked country or category collection to understand how this entry relates to places supported by the same governed evidence.
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Data last collected: 3 September 2026 for this retained atlas release. Page and source last rechecked: 3 September 2026. Treat the record as a research starting point: open the original source, confirm current access conditions and compare the mapped location with local guidance before travelling. A missing field means the approved source did not support it; it is not evidence that the feature or restriction does not exist.
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