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Parkes, Australian Capital Territory

Suburb of Canberra, Australia

Summary

Suburb of Canberra, Australia

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Parkes
state	act
city	Canberra
image	{{multiple image
border	infobox
total_width	280
perrow	1/1
caption_align	center
image1	Aboriginal Embassy, Old Parliament House, roses and bird.jpg
caption1	Aboriginal Tent Embassy and Old Parliament House, Canberra, located in Parkes.
caption2	Location of Parkes, shaded
lga	Canberra Central (South Canberra)
postcode	2600
gazetted	20 September 1928
alternative_location_map	Australia ACT districted Canberra
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Canberra
coordinates
pop	0
pop_year
pop_footnotes
elevation	561
area	3.03
stategov	Kurrajong
fedgov	Canberra
dist1	3
dir1	S
location1	Canberra CBD
dist2	13
dir2	W
location2	Queanbeyan
dist3	95
dir3	SW
location3	Goulburn
dist4	292
dir4	SW
location4	Sydney
near-nw	Acton
near-n	Civic
near-ne	Reid
near-e	Campbell
near-w	Yarralumla
near-sw	Capital Hill
near-s	Barton
near-se	Russell

Parkes is an inner southern suburb of the Canberra Central district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory of Australia. Located southeast of the Canberra central business district, Parkes contains the Parliamentary Triangle and many of the national monuments of Australia's capital city.

Parkes is named in honour of Sir Henry Parkes, a Federalist, legislator and one of the founders of the Australian Constitution. Streets in Parkes are named after monarchs and constitutional references.

Parkes contains many of Canberra's large institutions and contains limited residential areas.

Population

At the , Parkes had no population. At the , it had five people, at the , it had no people, at the it had four people and at the it had 27 people.

Notable places

Aboriginal Tent Embassy
Commonwealth Park
Commonwealth Place
East Block
Kings Park
Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin
High Court of Australia
National Carillon
National Gallery of Australia
National Library of Australia
National Portrait Gallery
National Rose Garden
Old Parliament House
Questacon
Reconciliation Place
Regatta Point
West Block

Geology

Main article: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

The geology of Parkes has been studied in great detail. Canberra Formation, calcareous shale is found in the lower parts. This overlies middle Silurian Camp Hill Sandstone. The sandstone unconformably overlies the early Silurian Black Mountain Sandstone and State Circle Shale. State Circle Shale is Late Llandovery in a more finely divided time scale and it has been dated to 445 ±7 million years old. The State Circle Shale is composed of laminated shales and siltstone. Black Mountain Sandstone is composed of a white quartz sandstone.

Education

Parkes residents get preference for:

Forrest Primary
Telopea Park School (for high school)
Narrabundah College

Gallery

File:High Court Australia-03JAC.jpg|High Court of Australia File:National Gallery from SW, Canberra Australia.jpg|National Gallery of Australia File:National Library of Australia-East side entrance.jpg|National Library of Australia File:Treasury building, Canberra - perspective controlled.jpg|The Treasury building

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
(4 December 2013). "Search for street and suburb names: Parkes". [[Government of the Australian Capital Territory.
{{Census 2016 AUS
{{Census 2011 AUS
{{Census 2006 AUS
{{Census 2001 AUS
Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
"[http://www.det.act.gov.au/school_education/enrolling_in_an_act_public_school/priority_placement_areas/priority-enrolment-areas-2015-by-suburb Priority Enrolment Areas 2015 by Suburb]" ({{webarchive. link. (14 February 2016 ). Education Directorate, Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 8 February 2016.)

Wikipedia Source

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