Parkes

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locality in New South Wales town

Parkes is a regional town in central New South Wales, Australia, best known for its nearby radio telescope and annual Elvis Presley Festival.

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instanceOf locality in New South Wales ⓘ
town ⓘ
averageMaximumTemperature about 23 degrees Celsius ⓘ
averageMinimumTemperature about 9 degrees Celsius ⓘ
climate hot-summer Mediterranean to semi-arid ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFromCanberra about 365 kilometres northwest ⓘ
distanceFromSydney about 350 kilometres west ⓘ
education Holy Family Primary School ⓘ
Parkes High School ⓘ
Parkes Public School ⓘ
electoralDistrictState Orange ⓘ
electoralDivisionFederal Riverina NERFINISHED ⓘ
festivalHeldInMonth January ⓘ
hasAirport Parkes Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalFacility Little Theatre ⓘ
hasHeritage gold mining history ⓘ
railway heritage ⓘ
hasMuseum Henry Parkes Centre ⓘ
Parkes Motor Museum ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Parkes Observatory ⓘ
The Dish ⓘ
surface form: The Dish radio telescope
highway Condobolin Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newell Highway ⓘ
hosts Parkes Elvis Festival ⓘ
knownFor annual Elvis Presley Festival ⓘ
nearby radio telescope ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Parkes Shire ⓘ
localGovernmentCentreOf Parkes Shire Council ⓘ
locatedIn central New South Wales ⓘ
namedAfter Sir Henry Parkes ⓘ
nearbyTown Condobolin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forbes ⓘ
Peak Hill ⓘ
population around 11000 ⓘ
postcode 2870 ⓘ
primaryIndustry agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
railJunction Newell Highway freight routes ⓘ
railwayLine Broken Hill line ⓘ
region Central West (New South Wales) ⓘ
surface form: Central West
sports Australian rules football ⓘ
cricket ⓘ
netball ⓘ
rugby league ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ

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subject surface form: Wellington, New South Wales
Parks → hasVariant → Parkes ⓘ
Coventry → twinTown → Parkes ⓘ