Varney Parkes was an Australian politician, architect and son of Henry Parkes.
Former Bank of New South Wales, Broadway, Sydney
Former Bank of New South Wales, George Street, Sydney
Stanmore Public School, Sydney
St James's Church, King Street, Sydney
Sir Henry Parkes, was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his early promotion for the federation of the six colonies of Australia, as an early critic of British convict transportation and as a proponent for the expansion of the Australian continental rail network.
Henry Parkes
Birthplace in Canley, Coventry, England
Parkes in 1839 (left) upon immigration to Australia, and in 1856 (right) upon his entry into the Legislative Assembly
Hampton Villa, Balmain, New South Wales, where Parkes lived from 1888 to 1892