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.
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.
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