Peak Hill

Peak Hill is a town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia.

Peak Hill is a town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia.At the 2016 census, Peak Hill had a population of 1,106 people.

It is located on the Newell Highway and the Parkes to Narromine railway line.

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Peak Hill area was part of the Wiradjuri people's lands. In 1817, the explorer John Oxley and his party were the first Europeans in the region.

In 1889, Gold was discovered in the area, and later that year Peak Hill was gazetted in November 1889. The Post office opened on 7 November 1889, and the Bureau of Meteorology's weather station began in 1965.

The first public wheat silo built in Australia was constructed at Peak Hill in 1918 after government surveys indicated the district had great potential as a wheat-producing region.