The Helena and Aurora Range (Kalamaia name 'Bungalbin') is a magnificent banded ironstone formation (BIF) range in Western Australia that has National Heritage values and is worthy of protection from mining in a Class A Reserve and National Park and being declared a "No Go" area for mining.
The Helena and Aurora Range Advocates Inc (HARA), are not alone in having an appreciation of this range;
- Ken Newbey (botanist), on visiting Helena and Aurora Range for the first time in the 1980s, exclaimed “This should be a National Park”.
- In 2011, the Yilgarn Shire on its website referred to the Helena and Aurora Range as Bungalbin Range and stated that “It has spectacular rock formations and scenery, surpassed only by the Hamersley Range in Western Australia”
- Simon Nevill (writer and photographer) states in his book on Parks and Reserves of WA " ... in this northern Yilgarn region .... there is one range that should never be mined and that is Helena Aurora Range north of Koolyanobbing."
- The EPA in 2007 called the range "one of the more significant biodiversity assets in WA"
Introducing its majesty, wildlife, plants, natural heritage and conservation history, see the Video (Jewel in the Crown"), Photo GalleryPhoto Gallery, Maps & Location, Helena Aurora Range Bungalbin and much more on this website.
In particular, we wish to present the Range's conservation and heritage values.
We encourage people to visit this range for themselves (in person).
