Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Australian
Wardang Island, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Australian was a built in 9/1879 and lost on 08/05/1912. The Australian worked as a steam coaster carrying wheat from South Australian outports. On its final voyage the vessel was carrying 3,300 bags of wheat from Elliston, Eyre Peninsula to Port Victoria. On 8 May 1912, during a blinding sand storm, the Austr
The oddity, explained
Why is Australian unusual?
Australian appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Australian was a built in 9/1879 and lost on 08/05/1912. The Australian worked as a steam coaster carrying wheat from South Australian outports. On its final voyage the vessel was carrying 3,300 bags of wheat from Elliston, Eyre Peninsula to Port Victoria. On 8 May 1912, during a blinding sand storm, the Austr. 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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