Helensburgh is a small town in New South Wales,
Australia. Helensburgh is located 45 kilometres
south of the Sydney central business district and 34
kilometres north of Wollongong. Helensburgh is in
the local government area of Wollongong City
Council and marks the northern end of the
Illawarra region. Helensburgh is approximately
halfway between Sydney and Wollongong, at the
southern end of the Royal National Park. At the
2006 census, Helensburgh had a population of
5,330 people. Helensburgh is surrounded by the
bushland of the Royal National Park, the
Garawarra State Conservation Area and the water
catchment of the Woronora Dam and adjacent
Heathcote National Park, so is environmentally
sensitive, though picturesque and naturally bound.