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Australia Wide presents: The Deadwater Wreck

A mysterious ship now thought to be buried in the depths of a murky lagoon in WA's South West, continues to baffle wreck hunters for more than a century.The Deadwater Wreck is one of WA's longest-running maritime mysteries, stretching back to the earliest decades of British colonial rule.The case rests on colonial eyewitnesses, curious artefacts and vivid folklore with treasure and even murder.Bunbury reporter Jon Daly has got his feet wet as part of this investigation to try to find the facts in the myths and stories of the Deadwater Wreck.