  To further our understanding of the Great Attractor (GA), we have undertaken
a redshift survey using the 2dF on the AAT. Clusters and filaments in the GA
region were targeted with 25 separate pointings resulting in approximately 2600
new redshifts. Targets included poorly studied X-ray clusters from the CIZA
catalogue as well as the Cen-Crux and PKS 1343-601 clusters, both of which lie
close to the classic GA centre. For nine clusters in the region, we report
velocity distributions as well as virial and projected mass estimates. The
virial mass of CIZA J1324.7-5736, now identified as a separate structure from
the Cen-Crux cluster, is found to be ~3x10^14 M_sun, in good agreement with the
X-ray inferred mass. In the PKS 1343-601 field, five redshifts are measured of
which four are new. An analysis of redshifts from this survey, in combination
with those from the literature, reveals the dominant structure in the GA region
to be a large filament, which appears to extend from Abell S0639 (l=281\deg,
b=+11\deg) to (l~5\deg, b~-50\deg), encompassing the Cen-Crux, CIZA
J1324.7-5736, Norma and Pavo II clusters. Behind the Norma Cluster at cz~15000
km/s, the masses of four rich clusters are calculated. These clusters
(Triangulum-Australis, Ara, CIZA J1514.6-4558 and CIZA J1410.4-4246) may
contribute to a continued large-scale flow beyond the GA. The results of these
observations will be incorporated into a subsequent analysis of the GA flow.
