The Helena Vale Racecourse was a Thoroughbred horse racing track in the eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia now known as Midvale. The course operated from the 1890s until the late 1960s.
The first meeting was held in April 1898.[1][2][3]
The racecourse complex included stables,[4] grandstand,[5] mounting yard and racing track.[6]
Patrick (Lucky) Connolly brought a controlling interest in the racecourse in the pre world war one era, and maintained an interest for over 30 years.[7]
The racecourse was across the road to the Darling Range Hotel where the proprietor in the early stage advertised the capacity to hold horses in his hotel grounds[12] The railway branch was used to store ambulance train rolling stock in the second world war.[13]
The current development over the land that was the racecourse property was being investigated in the 1970s.[15]
The suburb of Midvale was named for its location between the racecourse and Midland.[16] The suburb later encompassed the area formerly occupied by the racecourse.
↑ "HELENA VALE RACECOURSE". Truth. No.318. Western Australia. 31 July 1909. p.6 (CITY EDITION). Retrieved 8 November 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ = "THE EAST MIDLAND HOTEL". The Daily News. Vol.XXVII, no.10, 403. Western Australia. 3 October 1908. p.6. Retrieved 19 October 2016– via National Library of Australia.
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