Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Pareora
Althorpe Island, north west coast, south west of Marion Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Pareora was a built in 26/02/1896 and lost on 18/09/1919. The Pareora left Port Pirie for Hobart under the command of Captain McFarlane on 16 September 1919 with a 672 tonne cargo of zinc. Shortly after departing, the steamer grounded and stuck fast on a sand bank for 12 hours. This did not augur well for a tro
The oddity, explained
Why is Pareora unusual?
Pareora appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Pareora was a built in 26/02/1896 and lost on 18/09/1919. The Pareora left Port Pirie for Hobart under the command of Captain McFarlane on 16 September 1919 with a 672 tonne cargo of zinc. Shortly after departing, the steamer grounded and stuck fast on a sand bank for 12 hours. This did not augur well for a tro. 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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