Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Halcyon
Opposite the Coorong, 6 miles down from the mouth of the Murray River, South Australia.
Halcyon was a brig built in 1848 and lost on 14/11/1857. Halycon was run ashore on the beach opposite the Coorong six miles down from the mouth of the Murray, on Saturday 14th of November 1857. Laden with cargo and some passengers, the Halycon was on a trip from Melbourne to Adelaide when she encountered ad
The oddity, explained
Why is Halcyon unusual?
Halcyon appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Halcyon was a brig built in 1848 and lost on 14/11/1857. Halycon was run ashore on the beach opposite the Coorong six miles down from the mouth of the Murray, on Saturday 14th of November 1857. Laden with cargo and some passengers, the Halycon was on a trip from Melbourne to Adelaide when she encountered ad. 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
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