What is Helensburgh, New South Wales?
[[File:Helensburgh Post Office.jpg|thumb]] '''Helensburgh''' is a small town in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It has more than 5000 people. It is about half-way between [[Sydney]] and [[Wollongong, New South Wales|Wollongong]], at the southern end of the [[Royal National Park]]. The area was first settled by Europeans in 1815, when farmers began to move their cattle to graze on the grasslands around Wollongong.<ref name=hhs>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historichelensburgh.org.au/history.html |title=Helensburgh Historical Society - History |work=historichelensburgh.org.au |accessdate=5 July 2010 |archive-date=2 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002161156/http://www.historichelensburgh.org.au/history.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has [[Passenger train|passenger trains]] to and from Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Transport for NSW|first=Customer Experience Division|title=Helensburgh Station|url=https://transportnsw.info/stop?q=10101356|access-date=2024-12-14|website=transportnsw.info|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Towns in New South Wales]]