Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Angler
Point Lowly, north east of Whyalla, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Angler was a built in and lost on 27/03/1913. Angler ran ashore at Point Lowly during a gale, with 14 passengers, stores & provisions, and broke up. Angler departed Port Pirie on 27 March 1913 with about 10 Wandearah farmers, a second mate and an apprentice of the barque Elginshire. The vessel c
The oddity, explained
Why is Angler unusual?
Angler appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Angler was a built in and lost on 27/03/1913. Angler ran ashore at Point Lowly during a gale, with 14 passengers, stores & provisions, and broke up. Angler departed Port Pirie on 27 March 1913 with about 10 Wandearah farmers, a second mate and an apprentice of the barque Elginshire. The vessel c. 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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