Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Countess
Port Macdonnell, near Cress Creek, South East Coast of South Australia.
Countess was a schooner built in 1875 and lost on 16/08/1876. Broke from moorings during strong south-easterly gale and ran aground.
The oddity, explained
Why is Countess unusual?
Countess appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Countess was a schooner built in 1875 and lost on 16/08/1876. Broke from moorings during strong south-easterly gale and ran aground. 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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