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Helena Valley
Perth, Western Australia
Helena Valley; Perth, Western Australia
	Lower Helena Pumpback Dam
Coordinates	31°56′17″S 116°04′05″E / 31.938°S 116.068°E
Population	4,130 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)	6056
LGA(s)	Shire of Mundaring
State electorate(s)	Midland
Federal division(s)	Hasluck
	Suburbs around Helena Valley:

Helena Valley is the name of a river valley and a locality in the foothills of the Darling Scarp in Perth, Western Australia.

Geology edit

The river valley is the centre of the catchment of the Helena River and extends from the edge of the Darling Scarp where Boya, Gooseberry Hill and Helena Valley define the "mouth" of the valley that opens to the Swan Coastal Plain, east and south east past Mundaring Weir and Lake C.Y. O'Connor to its origins in the region of Mount Dale.

The soils of Helena Valley are characteristic of the eastern Swan Coastal Plain, ranging from sand to loam and clay, with a neutral pH tending towards moderately acid.^[2]

Locality edit

The locality is within the Shire of Mundaring, situated just south west of Boya and Greenmount Hill, 5 kilometres from Midland. It consists of many rural houses, but also contains six estates, and a shopping centre located in one of the estates. Helena Valley Primary School is located at the base of Greenmount Hill.^[3]

Transport edit

Bus edit

307 Midland Station to Kalamunda Bus Station – serves Helena Valley Road^[4]
322 Midland Station to Glen Forrest – serves Scott Street^[5]

Early settlers edit

James Drummond, noted botanist, after whom the street Drummond Gardens is named

Notes edit

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Helena Valley (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Great Gardens Soil Profile". Retrieved 20 May 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.helenavalley.wa.edu.au/ Helena Valley Primary School
^ "Route 307". Bus Timetable 96 (PDF). Transperth. 16 January 2024 [effective from 4 February 2024].
^ "Route 322". Bus Timetable 96 (PDF). Transperth. 16 January 2024 [effective from 4 February 2024].

References edit

Elliot, Ian (1983). Mundaring - A History of the Shire (2nd ed.). Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-0-9.
Spillman, Ken (2003). Life was meant to be here: community and local government in the Shire of Mundaring. Mundaring: Mundaring Shire. ISBN 0-9592776-3-3.