Mount Helen VIC, 3350
Mount Helen Real Estate: Suburb Profile
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Overview Mount Helen is a rapidly rising southern neighbourhood of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia, located immediately north of the city of Buninyong on the Canadian Stream. The population was 59,147, according to the 2016 census. Like adjacent Mount Clear, Mount Helen is distinguished by its softly sloping elevation surrounded by shrub and pines plantations forestry. Canadian Stream flows through the heart of the neighbourhood, running north to south.
Living in Mount Helen Mount Helen is a short drive from Buninyong's community places and a ten-min trip from Ballarat. It has a retail centre in the suburb, and the closest institutions are in Mount Clear and Buninyong, making it a perfect city for new families who want their kids to attend good schools. It also includes robust infrastructure and sloping huge blocks with excellent vistas.
History of Mount Helen Mount Helen was listed as a flag post in the Victorian municipality directories from 1910 to 1947. Mount Helen was recognised as a pasture and habitation zone in 1960, indicating its rapid urban expansion. In 1966, institutional officials in Ballarat and the State Education Department were looking for a place for increased higher education institutions and selected a site 1 km east of the housing neighbourhood. Mount Helen's Ballarat Institute of Higher Learning first opened its doors in 1970. In 1994, it was renamed the University of Ballarat, and in 2014, it was renamed Federation University.
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