NSW: Parkes marks federation with new museum

AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2000
NSW: Parkes marks federation with new museum

The effigy of Sir HENRY PARKES which features on the new $5 note, will also feature
inside a new $2 million museum at the town named after him.

The small central west New South Wales town of Parkes will be preparing for the visit
of 80 folk from sister city Coventry, England, Sir HENRY's birthplace.

Celebrations in Parkes will run throughout January culminating in the visit by the
Coventry 80 during which the English town's mayor, SHEILA COLLINS, will lay the foundation
stone for the Sir Henry Parkes Cottage.

The cottage will form the basis of a $2 million museum on the approaches to Parkes.

Sir HENRY PARKES Cottage is expected to be completed late in 2001.

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KEYWORD: FEDERATION PARKES (SYDNEY)

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