Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Margaret Brock
Margaret Brock Reef, 6.5 Km west of Cape Jaffa, South Australia
Margaret Brock was a barque built in 1848 and lost on 23/11/1852. On 20 November 1852, the barque Margaret Brock cleared Port Adelaide under the command of Captain James McMeckan for Melbourne, with a good cargo of flour and bricks and a number of passengers. From Captain McMeckan’s journal later published in the S.A
The oddity, explained
Why is Margaret Brock unusual?
Margaret Brock appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Margaret Brock was a barque built in 1848 and lost on 23/11/1852. On 20 November 1852, the barque Margaret Brock cleared Port Adelaide under the command of Captain James McMeckan for Melbourne, with a good cargo of flour and bricks and a number of passengers. From Captain McMeckan’s journal later published in the S.A. 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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