Greenough is a historic town in Western Australia . It is located 400 kilometers north of Perth and 15 miles south of Geraldton on the Brand Highway . The historic buildings are managed by the National Trust of Australia . Another tourist attraction are the trees, which are inclined at 90 °, which is due to strong coastal winds.
In 1851 Augustus Gregory surveyed 120 km² of land that would later become known as the Greenough Front Flats . This land was divided into 8 to 12 hectares each, which were made available to English settlers for cultivation. Within a few years, the region had transformed into a flourishing wheat landscape with 1,000 inhabitants. The city developed from this.
A series of natural disasters, starting with a severe hurricane in 1872 and a great flood in 1888, resulted in the gradual decline in crop yields and the abandonment of the city by its residents. By 1900 most of the settlers had already left the region; the wheat fields had been turned into pastureland. Many buildings became dilapidated. A majority of the buildings could be renovated through a tourism-based campaign in the 1980s. On February 16, 1999, a solar eclipse was observed in the region .
