Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Grace Darling
South-west side of Garden Island, North Arm, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
Grace Darling was a schooner built in 1907 and lost on 19/06/1931. In 1931, John Darling and Son requested permission from the Harbours Board to dismantle and abandon the Grace Darling. On 19th June 1931, after 23 years of service, the steamer was beached and scuttled at Garden Island amongst the other derelicts in the
The oddity, explained
Why is Grace Darling unusual?
Grace Darling appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Grace Darling was a schooner built in 1907 and lost on 19/06/1931. In 1931, John Darling and Son requested permission from the Harbours Board to dismantle and abandon the Grace Darling. On 19th June 1931, after 23 years of service, the steamer was beached and scuttled at Garden Island amongst the other derelicts in the. 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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