Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Victoria
Cape Jaffa, South Australia
Victoria was a schooner built in 1837 and lost on 09/06/1846. Westerly gale drove the vessel ashore where it capsized in shallow waters.
The oddity, explained
Why is Victoria unusual?
Victoria appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Victoria was a schooner built in 1837 and lost on 09/06/1846. Westerly gale drove the vessel ashore where it capsized in shallow waters. 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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