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.

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

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

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