Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Galatea

Port Macdonnell, near Cress Creek, South East Coast of South Australia.

Galatea was a schooner built in 1860 and lost on 31/03/1876. Slipped moorings and drifted onto rocks during a southerly gale.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPort Macdonnell, near Cress Creek, South East Coast of South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1876
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Slipped moorings and drifted onto rocks during a southerly gale.

The oddity, explained

Why is Galatea unusual?

Galatea appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Galatea was a schooner built in 1860 and lost on 31/03/1876. Slipped moorings and drifted onto rocks during a southerly gale. 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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