Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Moorara
100 m SE of old jetty, east side of Wardang Island, Yokre Peninsula
Moorara was a schooner built in 1909 and lost on 12/08/1975. On 25 August 1975 while at anchor off Wardang Island the vessel sank during a ‘blow’.
The oddity, explained
Why is Moorara unusual?
Moorara appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Moorara was a schooner built in 1909 and lost on 12/08/1975. On 25 August 1975 while at anchor off Wardang Island the vessel sank during a ‘blow’. 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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