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Located approximately 25 km south of Geraldton
and 380 km north of Perth, the Greenough Flats
form the flood plain of the river system close to the
mouth of the Greenough River. The settlementís
buildings and altered landscape provide an example
of colonial expansion in the mid-nineteenth century
- an expansion that dispossessed the Indigenous
population of its resource rich land.
Central Greenough developed as the local
administrative centre, housing the churches,
schools, stores, government and law enforcement
offices necessary to service the surrounding farms.
During the 1860s Greenough became a thriving
agricultural area but the threat of rust on the
wheat crops combined with drought, flood and
poor prices for agricultural products led to the
areaís decline. The population of the Greenough
Flats dropped dramatically in the first half of the
twentieth century and many of its buildings fell
into disrepair.
The cultural heritage value of Central Greenough is
well-recognised and the process of conserving and
interpreting the historic settlement has been
a continuing project of the National Trust since
the 1970s.