Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Lotus
Macdonnell Bay, East Of Cress Creek
Lotus was a ketch built in 10/1874 and lost on 23/06/1892. Broke moorings, went ashore in heavy seas, broke up in SSW gale.
The oddity, explained
Why is Lotus unusual?
Lotus appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Lotus was a ketch built in 10/1874 and lost on 23/06/1892. Broke moorings, went ashore in heavy seas, broke up in SSW 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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