Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Bonnie Mac

Western River Cove, Kangaroo Island

Bonnie Mac was a cutter built in 1948 and lost on 11/04/1983. In a north westerly gale, the vessel dragged its anchor, ran aground and broke up.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWestern River Cove, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1983
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; In a north westerly gale, the vessel dragged its anchor, ran aground and broke up.

The oddity, explained

Why is Bonnie Mac unusual?

Bonnie Mac appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Bonnie Mac was a cutter built in 1948 and lost on 11/04/1983. In a north westerly gale, the vessel dragged its anchor, ran aground and broke up. 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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