Parkes, Australian Capital Territory

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

Population

At the Template:CensusAU, Parkes had no population. At the Template:CensusAU, it had five people,<ref>Template:Census 2016 AUS</ref> at the Template:CensusAU, it had no people,<ref>Template:Census 2011 AUS</ref> at the Template:CensusAU it had four people<ref>Template:Census 2006 AUS</ref> and at the Template:CensusAU it had 27 people.<ref>Template:Census 2001 AUS</ref>

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

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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.<ref>Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.</ref>

Education

Parkes residents get preference for:<ref>"Priority Enrolment Areas 2015 by Suburb" (Template:Webarchive). Education Directorate, Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 8 February 2016.</ref>

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

Gallery

• High Court of Australia
  High Court of Australia
• National Gallery of Australia
  National Gallery of Australia
• National Library of Australia
  National Library of Australia
• The Treasury building
  The Treasury building

See also

• Parliamentary Triangle