Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Adelaide
Port Macdonnell Bay, 3 miles south-east of town.
Adelaide was a brigantine built in 1831 and lost on 18/04/1861. Adelaide dragged three anchors and was driven ashore during a savage south-east gale. Initially the vessel was not damaged. Within three days, the Adelaide's back was broken, the hull went to pieces and the vessel was flooded.
The oddity, explained
Why is Adelaide unusual?
Adelaide appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Adelaide was a brigantine built in 1831 and lost on 18/04/1861. Adelaide dragged three anchors and was driven ashore during a savage south-east gale. Initially the vessel was not damaged. Within three days, the Adelaide's back was broken, the hull went to pieces and the vessel was flooded. 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.
Inspect the original evidence source ↗