Parkes, New South Wales

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Parkes, New South Wales is a regional town in central western New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural base and proximity to the famous Parkes Observatory radio telescope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in New South Wales ⓘ
town ⓘ
airport Parkes Airport ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall about 585 mm ⓘ
averageMaximumTemperature about 23 °C ⓘ
averageMinimumTemperature about 9 °C ⓘ
climateClassification humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceToCanberra about 365 km northwest ⓘ
distanceToDubbo about 120 km south ⓘ
distanceToSydney about 350 km west ⓘ
elevation about 324 m ⓘ
federalElectorate Riverina ⓘ
formerName Bushmans ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType high school ⓘ
primary schools ⓘ
hasHealthFacilityType hospital ⓘ
hasHeritage railway heritage ⓘ
hasIndustry freight and logistics hub ⓘ
grain production ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
hasRailConnection Sydney–Broken Hill railway line ⓘ
hostsEvent Parkes Elvis Festival ⓘ
knownFor proximity to Parkes Observatory ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Parkes Shire ⓘ
locatedIn central western New South Wales ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone AEDT ⓘ
AEST ⓘ
namedAfter Sir Henry Parkes ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Parkes Observatory ⓘ
nearbyTown Condobolin, New South Wales ⓘ
linked to: Condobolin

Forbes, New South Wales ⓘ
Peak Hill, New South Wales ⓘ
ParkesElvisFestivalHeldInMonth January ⓘ
population about 11000 ⓘ
populationYear 2021 ⓘ
postcode 2870 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
transport and logistics ⓘ
region Central West ⓘ
roadConnection Condobolin Road ⓘ
Forbes Road ⓘ
Newell Highway ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
stateElectorate Orange ⓘ
utcOffset +10:00 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +11:00 ⓘ

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Parkes region → hasAdministrativeCentre → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Dubbo, New South Wales → electorateFederal → Parkes ⓘ
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City of Broken Hill → electoralDivisionFederal → Parkes ⓘ
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Condobolin → nearestRegionalCentre → Parkes ⓘ
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Condobolin → federalElectorate → Parkes ⓘ
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The Dish → setInLocation → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Bourke → federalElectorate → Parkes ⓘ
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Menindee → federalElectorate → Parkes ⓘ
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Nevertire → electoralDivisionFederal → Parkes ⓘ
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Coonabarabran → electoralDivisionFederal → Parkes ⓘ
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Warren → federalElectorate → Parkes ⓘ
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Lachlan Valley → containsSettlement → Parkes ⓘ
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Lachlan Valley wine region → hasTown → Parkes ⓘ
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Parkes Observatory → near → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
annual Elvis Presley Festival → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Parkes Elvis Festival → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Parkes Elvis Festival → economicImpactOn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Henry Parkes Centre → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Parkes Motor Museum → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Little Theatre → locatedIn → Parkes ⓘ
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Parkes High School → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
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Holy Family Primary School → city → Parkes ⓘ
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Holy Family Primary School → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
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Parkes Public School → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
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Peak Hill → locatedBetween → Parkes ⓘ
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Peak Hill → hasNearbyCity → Parkes ⓘ
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Parkes Shire Council → seatOfGovernment → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Parkes Airport → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Parkes Airport → serves → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Parkes Airport → hasCityServed → Parkes ⓘ
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Condobolin Road → connects → Parkes ⓘ
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Parkes radio telescope → locatedIn → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Goobang Creek → crossesNear → Parkes ⓘ
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Forbes, New South Wales → nearbyTown → Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
Russell → near → Parkes ⓘ
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