Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Bandicoot
1 km east of Port MacDonnell
Bandicoot was a schooner built in 1838 and lost on 15/04/1861. The vessel broke loose of the inefficient government moorings and was driven ashore. The vessel broke its back and became a total wreck.
The oddity, explained
Why is Bandicoot unusual?
Bandicoot appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Bandicoot was a schooner built in 1838 and lost on 15/04/1861. The vessel broke loose of the inefficient government moorings and was driven ashore. The vessel broke its back and became a total wreck. 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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