Parrakie, South Australia
| Parrakie South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Parrakie Lutheran Church on Price Street | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°22′56″S 140°14′57″E / 35.382165°S 140.249297°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 78 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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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.