Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Sophia Jane

Coorong, 60 miles from River Murray

Sophia Jane was a cutter built in 1840 and lost on 9/1844. Driven ashore during storm.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCoorong, 60 miles from River Murray
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1844
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Driven ashore during storm.

The oddity, explained

Why is Sophia Jane unusual?

Sophia Jane appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sophia Jane was a cutter built in 1840 and lost on 9/1844. Driven ashore during storm. 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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