Trans-Continental Railway Act 1911

This Act may be cited as the Trans‑continental Railway Act 1911 ¹.

The State of Western Australia hereby consents to the Parliament of the Commonwealth making laws with respect to the construction of a railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta; and the consent of the State of Western Australia is hereby given to the construction by the Commonwealth in Western Australian Territory of any portion of such railway which shall be required or authorised to be constructed therein by or pursuant to any Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.

The Governor may grant to the Commonwealth, for an estate in fee simple, the surface and the land below the surface to a depth of 150 feet of all such waste lands of the Crown in Western Australia as, in the opinion of the Minister of State for the Commonwealth for the time being administering any Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth authorising any such railway as aforesaid, are necessary for the construction, maintenance, and working of the railway intended to be constructed under the powers conferred by such Act.

Provided that no mining operations shall be carried on under the land so granted without the approval of the Executive Government of the Commonwealth.

¹ This is a reprint as at 3 August 2007 of the Trans-continental Railway Act 1911. The following table contains information about that Act and any reprint.