Parrakie, South Australia is a small town on the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line approximately 26 kilometres west of Lameroo. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word perki which means cave or limestone sink hole. The town was surveyed in 1907.[9]
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 Parrakie Lutheran Church on Price Street | |||||||||||||||
  Parrakie | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°22′56″S 140°14′57″E / 35.382165°S 140.249297°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 78 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 20 June 1907 (town) 12 August 1999 (locality)[1][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5301 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 81 m (266 ft)(railway station)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Southern Mallee District Council[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buccleuch[1] Chandos[1] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker[7] | ||||||||||||||
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The town is surrounded by large properties growing mostly cereal grains and livestock.
There is a Lutheran Church, town hall, post office and payphone. There is also a cricket club and tennis courts on the other side of the railway line, south of the town. A primary school opened in 1910 and closed in 1964.
Parrakie is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Hammond and the local government area of the Southern Mallee District Council.[7][6][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Search results for 'Parrakie, LOCB' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns', 'Counties', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Parrakie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A. A. (20 June 1907). "TOWN OF PARRAKIE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1090. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Lawson, Robert (12 August 1999). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Boundaries to Places (in the Southern Mallee District Council)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 766. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Search results for 'Parrakie Railway Station' with the following datasets being selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Government Towns' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b "District of Hammond (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "Summary (climate) statistics LAMEROO (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Placename Details: Parrakie (LOCB)". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 March 2010. SA0053674. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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