| Type: | town |
| Parkesbourne | |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -34.7484°N 149.5345°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New South Wales |
| Lga: | Goulburn Mulwaree Council |
| County: | Argyle |
| Parish: | Breadalbane |
| Region: | Southern Tablelands |
| Postcode: | 2580 |
| Pop: | 170 |
| Elevation: | 658 |
| Stategov: | Goulburn |
| Fedgov: | Hume |
| Dist1: | 90 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Canberra |
| Dist2: | 20 |
| Dir2: | W |
| Location2: | Goulburn |
| Dist3: | 218 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Sydney |
| Near-N: | Pomeroy |
| Near-Ne: | Baw Baw |
| Near-E: | Yarra |
| Near-Se: | Yarra |
| Near-S: | Wollogorang |
| Near-Sw: | Breadalbane |
| Near-W: | Breadalbane |
| Near-Nw: | Gurrundah |
Parkesbourne is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia.[1] [2] The Hume Highway runs on its southern edge. It lies about 20 km west of Goulburn and 90 km northeast of Canberra. At the, it had a population of 170.
Parkesbourne is said to have been originally called "Breadalbane Plains", but renamed by Henry Parkes after himself during a visit in the 1860s when he was "education minister" (most likely actually Colonial Secretary in 1866–68).[3] [4] Parkesbourne had a state school from May 1870 to April 1969. This was described as a "public school" from April 1872. Earlier it was described as "half-time school" or "provisional school".[5]