Parrakie, South Australia

Parrakie
South Australia

Parrakie Lutheran Church on Price Street
Parrakie
Coordinates 35°22′S 140°15′E / 35.367°S 140.250°E / -35.367; 140.250Coordinates: 35°22′S 140°15′E / 35.367°S 140.250°E / -35.367; 140.250
Established 1907
Postcode(s) 5301
Location 26 km (16 mi) W of Lameroo
LGA(s) Southern Mallee District Council
State electorate(s) Hammond
Federal Division(s) Barker
Localities around Parrakie:
Marama
Geranium Parrakie Lameroo
Coonalpyn Tintinara Ngarkat

Parrakie, South Australia is a small town found along the Mallee Highway approximately 26 kilometres west of Lameroo. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word perki which means cave or limestone sink hole.

The town is surrounded by large pastoral properties growing mostly cereal grains and livestock

There is an active Lutheran Church, town hall, post office and payphone. There is also a cricket club and tennis courts found on the other side of the railway line, south of the town. A school was opened in 1910 and closed in 1964.

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