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. The Canberra Formation, a 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 ago. The State Circle Shale is composed of laminated shales and siltstone. Black Mountain Sandstone is composed of a white quartz sandstone.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

Education Parkes residents get preference for:"Priority Enrolment Areas 2015 by Suburb" (). Education Directorate, Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 8 February 2016. Forrest Primary Telopea Park School (for high school) Narrabundah College

Gallery

See also

Parliamentary Triangle

References