Archer is a relatively new and still sparsely populated
suburb in the southwestern part of
Palmerston. It is 25 km SE of the
Darwin
Darwin may refer to:
Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
* Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
CBD and 5.4 km from
Palmerston City
Red Sox Manawatu is an Association football and netball club in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
The club caters for men's, women's and youth football teams and women's netball teams.
Riverside RedSox is affiliated to Red Sox Manawatu and caters ...
. Its
local government area is the
City of Palmerston
The City of Palmerston is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of How ...
. Archer is the largest suburb of Palmerston by area.
It is named after
James C. Archer
James Clarence Archer (28 July 1900 – 23 December 1980) was an Australian public servant and Administrator of the Northern Territory. Archer, Northern Territory is named after him.
References
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1900 births
1980 deaths
Admi ...
.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#a#a
{{City of Palmerston suburbs
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory