Archer, Northern Territory

Archer
Darwin, Northern Territory

Archer in the southwestern part of the City of Palmerston

Established

1970s

Postcode(s)

0830

Location

25.0 km (16 mi) from Darwin
5.4 km (3 mi) from Palmerston

LGA(s)

City of Palmerston

Territory electorate(s)

Blain

Federal Division(s)

Solomon

Suburbs around Archer:
Wickham (Litchfield)	Marlow Lagoon	Moulden
Wickham (Litchfield)	Archer	Bellamack
Wickham (Litchfield)	Wickham (Litchfield)	Mitchell

Archer is a relatively new and still sparsely populated suburb in the southwestern part of Palmerston. It is 25 km SE of the Darwin CBD and 5.4 km from Palmerston City. Its local government area is the City of Palmerston. Archer is the largest suburb of Palmerston by area.

It is named after James C. Archer.^[1]

References

↑ "Biography: Previous Incumbents - James Clarence Archer" (PDF). Government House NT. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

External links

http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#a

Suburbs of the City of Palmerston, Darwin, Northern Territory

Inner City	Bakewell Bellamack Durack Driver Farrar Gray Gunn Moulden Palmerston City Rosebery Woodroffe Yarrawonga

Outskirts	Archer Johnston Marlow Lagoon Mitchell Pinelands Zuccoli

Coordinates: 12°30′44″S 130°58′16″E / 12.512105°S 130.971015°E / -12.512105; 130.971015

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