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Parrakie
South Australia
Parrakie church.jpg
Parrakie Lutheran Church on Price Street
Parrakie is located in South Australia
Parrakie
Parrakie
Location in South Australia
Established 20 June 1907 (town)
12 August 1999 (locality)
Postcode(s) 5301
Elevation 81 m (266 ft)(railway station)
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST) ACST (UTC+10:30)
LGA(s) Southern Mallee District Council
Region Murray and Mallee
County Buccleuch
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.

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