Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Marleesh
Robe, South Australia
Marleesh was a cutter built in 1947 and lost on 15/05/1961. The vessel was moored in front of the Robe slipway, but broke its moorings and washed ashore on the beach in front of the Robe Hotel. It was a total loss.
The oddity, explained
Why is Marleesh unusual?
Marleesh appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Marleesh was a cutter built in 1947 and lost on 15/05/1961. The vessel was moored in front of the Robe slipway, but broke its moorings and washed ashore on the beach in front of the Robe Hotel. It was a total loss. 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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