Mount Helen
Origin of the name
Also known as Greenhill.
History
Mount Helen is a suburb of Ballarat situated north of Buninyong, and is 10 kilometres from Ballarat Central. Canadian Creek flows norh to south through Mt Helen.
Mount Helen once had its own railway station on the Buninyong railway line but the station closed to passengers in 1930.
Governance
Geography and climate
A freshwater spring is located on the corner of Gear Avenue and Chancellor Drive, and connects into Canadian Creek.
Environment
Economy
Demography
Culture
Sport
Industry
Tourism
Transport
Properties
Mt Helen, built by Abraham Baxter
Pontresina
Pleasant Bank Farm
Education
Mount Helen is the headquarters of Federation University Australia and the Ballarat Technology Park.
Greenhill Primary School NO 1170
Media
See also
George Dean, settled at Greenhill in 1871. His daughter Elizabeth married neighbour John Latta, the George Downing and the family ran the farm that later becaome the Federation Uinversity Mt Helen Campus.
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--Beth Kicinski 12:40, 13 November 2016 (AEDT); --Clare K.Gervasoni 17:10, 18 May 2023 (AEST)