Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Agnes
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Agnes was a barque built in 1860 and lost on 18/07/1876. On Tuesday, 18th July, 1876, with a fresh breeze from the south and a moderate sea, the barque Agnes went ashore on a reef near Cape Banks. The vessel passed Cape Northumberland at 3 a.m. bound for Adelaide from Newcastle with a load of coal. There we
The oddity, explained
Why is Agnes unusual?
Agnes appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Agnes was a barque built in 1860 and lost on 18/07/1876. On Tuesday, 18th July, 1876, with a fresh breeze from the south and a moderate sea, the barque Agnes went ashore on a reef near Cape Banks. The vessel passed Cape Northumberland at 3 a.m. bound for Adelaide from Newcastle with a load of coal. There we. 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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