Parkeston, Western Australia

Coordinates: 30°43′34″S 121°29′56″E / 30.726°S 121.499°E / -30.726; 121.499

Parkeston is a suburb of the city of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, located 3 km east of the city centre. At the 2006 census, Parkeston had a population of 69.^[1]

Railway

This Australian townsite was gazetted in 1904 and is located on the western end of the Trans-Australian Railway. From 1917, the town was the interchange between the narrow gauge railway from Perth and the standard gauge railway to Port Pirie. This break of gauge was eliminated in 1970.

Elevation = 468m

Notes and references

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Parkeston (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

Suburbs of the Kalgoorlie region, Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia

Suburbs	Kalgoorlie Boulder Broadwood Brown Hill Fimiston Hannans Lamington Mullingar Parkeston Piccadilly Somerville South Boulder South Kalgoorlie Victory Heights West Kalgoorlie West Lamington Williamstown

Nearby localities	Binduli Boorara Broad Arrow Bulong Kanowna Karlkurla Lakewood Trafalgar Yilkari

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