Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve is a protected area associated with a small wetland located on the outskirts of Darwin and

Palmerston Palmerston may refer to: People * Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston ** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman an ...

in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

. The area in which the lagoon is located was named in 1869 after surveyor

Richard Randall Knuckey Richard Randall Knuckey (26 September 1842 – 14 June 1914), often referred to as R.R. Knuckey and popularly known as Dick Knuckey, was a surveyor on the Overland Telegraph Line in central Australia from 1871 to 1872. He later became chief off ...

by the Surveyor General, George Goyder.

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{{Protected areas of the Northern Territory, state=collapsed Conservation reserves in the Northern Territory