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Western Australia's scuba-diving former attorney-general Jim McGinty has been credited with finding a shipwreck steeped in history: the old steam bucket dredge that carved out Fremantle harbour in the 1890s. The WA Museum said there was evidence the wreck was the dredge Fremantle, which was scuttled 73 years ago. It said engineer CY O'Connor designed the harbour but it was the Fremantle that created it. Mr McGinty, who retired from politics three weeks ago after three decades as the member for Fremantle, was diving for crayfish off Rottnest Island in January with maritime archeologist Graeme Henderson and friend Geoff Kimpton when the trio came upon the wreck. The museum has been investigating the find since then. Yesterday, it declared it believed the wreck was the Fremantle. [...]