Parkes Travel Guide
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Parkes is home to one of the world’s largest radio telescopes, which justifies the town's self-billing as the ‘gateway to the stars.’ The town originally laboured under the name of Busman's, but took on a new identity in the wake of a visit by the then
NSW Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, in 1873.
Geographic Location
Parkes is on the Newell Highway in Central NSW, approximately 365km west of Sydney.