Kalgoorlie-Boulder volunteers eliminate dust storms through fifty-year greening project
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, 700 kilometres east of Perth, has eliminated devastating dust storms through a 50-year volunteer greening initiative launched in 1973. Julian Grill spearheaded the Goldfields Dust Abatement Committee with a $10,000 grant, reforesting 3,500 hectares to shield the outback mining city from choking dust clouds that once halted business and daily.
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Published 02 Aug 2026, 00:11 UTC · Updated 02 Aug 2026, 00:20 UTC
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