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Town in South Australia
Parrakie
South Australia
Parrakie Lutheran Church on Price Street
Parrakie is located in South AustraliaParrakieParrakie
Coordinates35°22′56″S 140°14′57″E / 35.382165°S 140.249297°E / -35.382165; 140.249297
Population78 (SAL 2021)
Established20 June 1907 (town)
12 August 1999 (locality)
Postcode(s)5301
Elevation81 m (266 ft)(railway station)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s)Southern Mallee District Council
RegionMurray and Mallee
CountyBuccleuch
Chandos
State electorate(s)Hammond
Federal division(s)Barker
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.9 °C
73 °F		 8.8 °C
48 °F		 382.3 mm
15.1 in
Localities around Parrakie:
Marama
Geranium Parrakie Lameroo
Coonalpyn Tintinara Ngarkat

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Parrakie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. Kirkpatrick, A. A. (20 June 1907). "TOWN OF PARRAKIE" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 1090. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. ^ "District of Hammond (map)". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Federal electoral division of Barker, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Summary (climate) statistics LAMEROO (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. "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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Towns and localities of the Southern Mallee District Council
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