Total West was a transport company in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

History

In 1981,

Westrail Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003. Owned by the state government, it was renamed a number of times to reflect extra responsi ...

sough expression of interest to handle small freight traffic. Total West commenced operating on 1 July 1982 as a

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between Mayne Nickless and Westrail, each owning 50%. It was formed to transport mail and less than wagon load traffic. In 1985, Mayne Nickless sold its stake to

Gascoyne Trading Company Gascoyne Trading Company (GTC) was a transport company in Western Australia. It was established in 1924 by Keith Anderson and Charles Kingsford-Smith in Carnarvon. One of its early contracts was the mail run through the Gascoyne to Meekatharr ...

. Gascoyne's 50% stake was included in its sale to

Wesfarmers Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian conglomerate, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It has interests predominantly in Australia and New Zealand, operating in retail, chemical, fertiliser, industrial and safety products. With revenue o ...

in 1996, who purchased Westrail's stake later the same year. Wesfarmers merged Total West and Gascoyne Trading Company under the Wesfarmers Transport brand. It was included in the 2001 sale of Wesfarmers road transport interests to

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.Sale of WA road freight transport business
Wesfarmers 2 November 2001

References

{{Wesfarmers, state=collapsed Companies based in Western Australia Defunct transport companies of Australia Transport companies established in 1982 Transport companies disestablished in 1996 Trucking companies in Australia Wesfarmers Westrail 1982 establishments in Australia 1996 disestablishments in Australia