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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Great Sandy Desert, Canning Stock Route, Pilbara Iron, Millstream-Chichester National Park, Karlamilyi National Park, Karijini National Park, Pilbara craton, Lang Hancock, Port Hedland, Western Australia, Karratha, Western Australia, 1946 Pilbara strike, Cossack, Western Australia, Great Northern Highway, Tryal Rocks, Barrow Island, Murujuga, Roebourne, Western Australia, Newman, Western Australia, Marble Bar, Western Australia, Montebello Islands, Goldsworthy, Western Australia, North West Coastal Highway, Rabbit-proof fence, Dampier, Western Australia, Paraburdoo Airport, Whim Creek, Western Australia, Pilbara newspapers, Pannawonica, Western Australia, Tom Price, Western Australia, Newman Airport, Nullagine, Western Australia, Ashburton River, Mount Meharry, Onslow, Western Australia, Hamersley Range, Shire of Ashburton, Little Sandy Desert, Port Hedland International Airport, Wickham, Western Australia, Shire of East Pilbara, Town of Port Hedland, Shire of Roebourne, Karratha Airport, De Grey River, Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Lake Disappointment, Marble Bar Railway, Dampier Archipelago, Point Samson, Western Australia, Wedgefield, Western Australia, Kurrama people, South Hedland, Western Australia, Tjurabalan, Banksia Island, Roebourne Regional Prison, De Grey, Western Australia. Excerpt: The Canning Stock Route is one of the toughest and most remote tracks in the world. It runs to Halls Creek from Wiluna, both in Western Australia. With a total distance of around 1,850 km (1,150 mi) it is also the longest historic stock route in the world. For the first few hundred kilometres it runs concurrent with the Tanami Track. Roadside sign at the southern end of the Canning Stock Route, near WilunaIn Western Australia at the beginning of the 20th century, east Kimberley cattlemen were looking for a way to traverse t...