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2 unusual facts about Greenough


Greenough

Shire of Greenough, a former local government area in Western Australia

Greenough, Western Australia

This tragic event featured on the Australian television show Crime Investigation Australia and is now known as the Greenough Family Massacre.


Eucalyptus todtiana

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1882, based on specimens collected by him from sandy ridges near the Greenough and Arrowsmith Rivers, and also specimens collected by John Forrest from near the Moore River.

Gail Greenough

Greenough won the 1986 World Show Jumping Championships in Aachen, riding a horse named Mr T (Hann).

George Greenough

George Greenough is an innovative surfer and cinematographer from Santa Barbara, California who now resides in Byron Bay in New South Wales, Australia.

Maitland Brown

Brown was Resident Magistrate at Greenough until 1869, when he was appointed Government Resident and Resident Magistrate at Geraldton following the death of Alfred Durlacher.

Marshall Goldman

Goldman has served as a trustee of the Noble and Greenough School as well as The Commonwealth School of Boston and is past president of the Hillel Council of Greater Boston.

Western Australian state election, 1943

Apart from Labor gaining two seats from the Country Party (Avon and Greenough) and one from the Nationalists (Nelson, where Ernest Hoar defeated the incumbent member by just 17 votes), no changes took place at the election.


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