Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Flinders
North Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Flinders was a schooner built in 07/11/1878 and lost on 04/09/1931. In August 1931 an application was made to the Habours Board to place the hulk at the North Arm with a view to scrapping it. On 4 September 1931 Flinders was beached at Garden Island and the deck beams cut through. A few days later several explosive charg
The oddity, explained
Why is Flinders unusual?
Flinders appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Flinders was a schooner built in 07/11/1878 and lost on 04/09/1931. In August 1931 an application was made to the Habours Board to place the hulk at the North Arm with a view to scrapping it. On 4 September 1931 Flinders was beached at Garden Island and the deck beams cut through. A few days later several explosive charg. 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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