The name has been long associated with the area between Midland and the Darling Scarp.
The location had a short railway siding from the Eastern Railway at Bellevue; it was opened on 1 July 1896 and closed on 13 February 1966.
[1][2][3] The siding was utilised for the transport of troops during the First World War between Blackboy Hill and Fremantle.
[4] Despite the name changes of the locality and municipality, the name was kept by the Helena Vale Racecourse (founded in 1896/8)[5] until its closure in the 1970s.
[6] The former racecourse land was converted to an industrial area – known variously as the Farrall Road industrial area or business centre – which has the Eastern Railway as its eastern boundary, Great Eastern Highway as its southern boundary and Morrison Road at its north side.