Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Gazelle

Near Murray Mouth, 8 miles north of Salt Creek

Gazelle was a schooner built in 1847 and lost on 9/1848. Blown onto Murray Beach and driven ashore.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNear Murray Mouth, 8 miles north of Salt Creek
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1848
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Blown onto Murray Beach and driven ashore.

The oddity, explained

Why is Gazelle unusual?

Gazelle appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Gazelle was a schooner built in 1847 and lost on 9/1848. Blown onto Murray Beach and driven ashore. 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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