Parkes, Australian Capital Territory
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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.[2]
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,[3] at the Template:CensusAU, it had no people,[4] at the Template:CensusAU it had four people[5] and at the Template:CensusAU it had 27 people.[6]
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
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Education
Parkes residents get preference for:[8]
- Forrest Primary
- Telopea Park School (for high school)
- Narrabundah College
Gallery
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The Treasury building
See also
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References
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- ↑ Template:Census 2021 AUS
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- ↑ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
- ↑ "Priority Enrolment Areas 2015 by Suburb" (Template:Webarchive). Education Directorate, Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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