Parkes

Parkes may refer to:

• Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896), Australian politician, one of the earliest and most prominent advocates for Australian federation

There are also several things named after him:

• Parkes, New South Wales, a regional town
• Parkes Observatory, a radio telescope near Parkes, New South Wales
• Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
• the Division of Parkes (1901-69), an abolished Sydney electorate in the Australian House of Representatives
• the Division of Parkes, a current regional electorate in the House of Representatives
• the Tenterfield School of Arts known as the Sir Henry Parkes School of Arts, a museum in the building where Parkes made the famous "Tenterfield Oration"
• HMAS Parkes, a Royal Australian Navy corvette during WWII

In addition, Parkes may refer to:

• Alexander Parkes (1813–1890), English inventor
• Broc Parkes (born 1981), Australian motorcycle racer
• Dave Parkes, Canadian sports administrator
• David Parkes (born 1950), Irish football player
• Ebenezer Parkes (1848–1919), English L:iberal Unionist politician
• Sir Edward Parkes (born 1926), Vice-Chancellor of City University London (1974–1978)
• Ernie Parkes (1894-?), Canadian ice hockey player
• Fanny Parkes (1794–1875), Welsh travel writer
• Gerard Parkes, Irish-born Canadian actor
• Harry Smith Parkes (1828–1885), British consul in China and Japan
• Harry Parkes (1920–2009), English footballer
• Harry Parkes (football manager), (1888–1947), English footballer and manager
• Henry Bamford Parkes (1904–1972), English historian and author
• Howard Parkes (1877–1920), English cricketer
• James Parkes (clergyman) (1896–1981), Historian and activist from the Channel Islands
• James Parkes (born 1980), English rugby union player
• James S. Parkes, former American Republican Party politician
• Jordan Parkes (born 1983), English footballer
• Joseph Parkes (1796–1865), English political reformer
• Lauren Parkes (born 1987), American beauty pageant contestant
• Michael Parkes (born 1944), American fantasy artist
• Mike Parkes (1931–1977), British racing driver
• Nii Parkes (born 1974), British-born Ghanaian poet
• Phil Parkes (born 1947), former English football goalkeeper (for Wolverhampton Wanderers)
• Phil Parkes (born 1950), former English football goalkeeper (for Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United)
• Robin Parkes, Australian businessman
• Samuel Parkes (chemist) (c. 1759 – 1825), British chemist
• Samuel Parkes (VC) (1815–1864), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Shaun Parkes (born 1973), English actor
• Terence Parkes, UK cartoonist known as Larry
• Taylor Parkes (born 1972), British journalist
• Tony Parkes (born 1949), former English professional footballer
• Walter F. Parkes, American screenwriter and producer

Other uses:

• Parkes process, a pyrometallurgical industrial process
• Mysterious Mr. Parkes, a 1930 comedy drama film starring Claudett Colbert

See also

• Parke (disambiguation)
• Park (disambiguation)