Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Winnie
West Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Winnie was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 07/01/1942. Winnie was sheltering from a strong north wind with sand and dust obscuring the land. Winnie was in poor condition and with a heavy swell, Bird decided to beach Winnie on the sandy West Bay beach. The heavy surf and breakers caused Winnie to go ashore an
The oddity, explained
Why is Winnie unusual?
Winnie appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Winnie was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 07/01/1942. Winnie was sheltering from a strong north wind with sand and dust obscuring the land. Winnie was in poor condition and with a heavy swell, Bird decided to beach Winnie on the sandy West Bay beach. The heavy surf and breakers caused Winnie to go ashore an. 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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