Helena Valley

About Helena Valley

Helena Valley is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring, approximately 30 kilometres east of Perth, Western Australia. The valley takes its name from the Helena River, which was named by Ensign Robert Dale in 1829, likely after his sister Helen. The river valley forms the central catchment of the Helena River, extending from the Darling Scarp past Mundaring Weir to its origins near Mount Dale. Early European settlers including Samuel Talbot and Henry Camfield received land grants in the 1830s, with Richard Smith establishing Clayton Farm from the 1850s. The area became noted for its brickyards in the late nineteenth century and later for orchards, promoted as "The Mildura of the Swan District" for returned soldiers after World War I. The surrounding landscape features wandoo and marri forest on lateritic soils typical of the Darling Scarp.