Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Turton Star
1 km offshore of Cape Adieu, west of Fowlers Bay
Turton Star was a cutter built in 1968 and lost on 08/10/1992. In early October 1992 Turton Star had been shark fishing in the Great Australian Bight and was working its way back to Ceduna when a strong southwest gale commenced. The vessel was rounding Cape Adieu and heading west for the shelter of Fowlers Bay on 8
The oddity, explained
Why is Turton Star unusual?
Turton Star appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Turton Star was a cutter built in 1968 and lost on 08/10/1992. In early October 1992 Turton Star had been shark fishing in the Great Australian Bight and was working its way back to Ceduna when a strong southwest gale commenced. The vessel was rounding Cape Adieu and heading west for the shelter of Fowlers Bay on 8. 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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