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  2. LINKING THE CAPITALS—THE EAST-WEST LINE.

    The Great Western Express has now made federation a dramatic reality, for every capital in Australia is linked by steel hands. The line is one of the most remarkable in the world, and travels from the sunrise to sunset of Australian geoprapby. There is one unequalled stretch of curvvers road for 330 miles across the Nullarbor Plain. The line is 1,052 miles long (600 in South Australia), and connects Port Augusta in this State to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Tim cost was about £5.000,000, and the building of the railway occupied four years. It was linked up on October 18, and the Governor-General (Sir Ronald M[?]-[?]) performed the official opening ceremony which had been fixed to lake place at Wynbring on November 12, but was abandoned in consequence of the reinforcements referendum campaign) at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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