Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Island Girl

Western River, Kangaroo Island, 200 m from shore

Island Girl was a cutter built in 1961 and lost on 18/02/1987. Fire in engine room, burnt to waterline and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWestern River, Kangaroo Island, 200 m from shore
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1987
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Fire in engine room, burnt to waterline and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Island Girl unusual?

Island Girl appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Island Girl was a cutter built in 1961 and lost on 18/02/1987. Fire in engine room, burnt to waterline and sank. 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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