Parrakie, South Australia is a small town found along the Mallee Highway

Mallee Highway

The Mallee Highway runs east from Tailem Bend in South Australia through cereal-growing farmland at the southern end of the Murray Mallee to Pinnaroo near the border with Victoria, where it crosses route...

 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

Lutheran Church of Australia

The Lutheran Church of Australia is the major Lutheran denomination in Australia, it also has a presence in New Zealand. It has 320 parishes, 540 congregations, 70,000 baptized members in Australia, 1,130 baptized members in New Zealand, 52,463 communicant members and 450 active pastors. Its...

, 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.

Surrounding communities

	North: Marama Marama, South Australia Marama is a town in the District Council of Karoonda East Murray near Karoonda. There is a town hall, post office and an automated telephone exchange. The postcode is 5307....  & Karoonda Karoonda, South Australia Karoonda is in the middle of the Murray Mallee region of South Australia at geographic coordinates . Karoonda takes its name from the Aboriginal word for "winter camp"....
West: Geranium Geranium, South Australia Geranium is a settlement in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Geranium had a population of 240.... , Jabuk Jabuk, South Australia Jabuk is a former township situated 10 km west of Geranium on the Pinnaroo railway line and the Mallee Highway.Jabuk appears to be named after the nearby Marmon Jabuk Range, but the origin of that name is unclear...  & Peake Peake, South Australia Peake is a small rural community in South Australia situated along the Mallee Highway , approximately 150km east of Adelaide. At the 2006 census, Peake had a population of 231.-History:...	Parrakie	East: Lameroo Lameroo, South Australia Lameroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Mallee Highway about 40 km west of the Victorian border, or 210 km east of Adelaide. It is primarily a service town for the surrounding rural areas, growing grain and sheep... , Parilla Parilla, South Australia Parilla is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Mallee Highway between Lameroo and Pinnaroo. Parilla has traditionally been a local centre for grain growing, although it is now known for growing vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and onions...   Pinnaroo Pinnaroo, South Australia Pinnaroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia, near the border with Victoria 243 km east of Adelaide. Pinnaroo is on the Mallee Highway, and the railway line between Tailem Bend and Ouyen. The roadhouses on the highway are the first food and leg-stretch stop on the bus route...
South West: Coonalpyn Coonalpyn, South Australia Coonalpyn is a small town in South Australia southeast of Adelaide on the Dukes Highway . Coonalpyn belongs to the The Coorong District Council and is in the State electorate of MacKillop and the Federal electorate of Barker.-Origin of the name:...	South: Culburra Culburra, South Australia Culburra is a settlement in South Australia.population around 10. At the 2006 census, Culburra had a population of 304....  & Tintinara Tintinara, South Australia Tintinara is a town in South Australia on Dukes Highway and the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. It is in the The Coorong District Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly Electoral district of MacKillop and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker...	South East: Ngarkat Conservation Park Ngarkat Conservation Park Ngarkat Conservation Park is situated in South Australia's south-eastern corner. It consists of Mallee vegetation on an area that was once a seabed. It is bordered by Scorpion Springs Conservation Park, Mount Shaugh Conservation Park and Mount Rescue Conservation Park, which constitutes the...