Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Bunyip

7 miles above Chowilla Station, Near South Australia/Victoria border on Bunyip Reach, River Murray, South Australia.

Bunyip was a built in 1858 and lost on 08/12/1866. Fire near boiler. Vessel was completely destroyed.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location7 miles above Chowilla Station, Near South Australia/Victoria border on Bunyip Reach, River Murray, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1866
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Fire near boiler. Vessel was completely destroyed.

The oddity, explained

Why is Bunyip unusual?

Bunyip appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Bunyip was a built in 1858 and lost on 08/12/1866. Fire near boiler. Vessel was completely destroyed. 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.

Inspect the original evidence source ↗