Archer, Northern Territory
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Archer in the southwestern part of the City of Palmerston | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 12°30′44″S 130°58′16″E / 12.512105°S 130.971015°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Palmerston | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1970s | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0830 | ||||||||||||
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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. It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people. Its local government area is the City of Palmerston. Archer is the largest suburb of Palmerston by area.
The suburb was named after James C. Archer, former Administrator of the Northern Territory.