Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Elsie
Normanville Jetty, half mile on Adelaide side
Elsie was a cutter built in and lost on 06/10/1939. Vessel went ashore during a storm, at about 8.30 pm, on a narrow strip of sand about 1/2 mile north of the Normanville jetty. The cutter grounded near the beach and the two occupants waded ashore (Advertiser 7 Oct 1939).
The oddity, explained
Why is Elsie unusual?
Elsie appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Elsie was a cutter built in and lost on 06/10/1939. Vessel went ashore during a storm, at about 8.30 pm, on a narrow strip of sand about 1/2 mile north of the Normanville jetty. The cutter grounded near the beach and the two occupants waded ashore (Advertiser 7 Oct 1939). 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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