Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Broughton
Flint Rock, Port Macdonnell, South East Coast of South Australia. 4 miles from Port Macdonnell between the town and Eight Mile Creek.
Broughton was a ketch built in 1873 and lost on 14/07/1947. Dragged anchor on Flint Rock.
The oddity, explained
Why is Broughton unusual?
Broughton appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Broughton was a ketch built in 1873 and lost on 14/07/1947. Dragged anchor on Flint Rock. 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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