Helena National Park is a national park in the Perth metropolitan and Wheatbelt regions of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, south-east of

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. It is located in the

City of Kalamunda The City of Kalamunda is a local government area in the eastern metropolitan region of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about east of Perth's central business district. The area covers , much of which is state forest rising into ...

and the Shires of Beverley,

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and Mundaring. The park is located in the

Jarrah Forest Jarrah forest is tall open forest in which the dominant overstory tree is ''Eucalyptus marginata'' (jarrah). The ecosystem occurs only in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia. It is most common in the biogeographic region named in ...

bioregion. Helena National Park was created as Class A reserve No. 47882 on 30 November 2004 with a size of as one of nine national parks proclaimed in the state that day. The national park, on land whose traditional owners are the Whadjuk people, is located on the Bibbulmun Track and part of the Perth Hills.

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{{National Parks of Western Australia National parks of Western Australia Protected areas established in 2004 Parks in Perth, Western Australia Wheatbelt (Western Australia) 2004 establishments in Australia IUCN Category II Jarrah Forest