Knuckey Lagoon
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| Coordinates: 12°25′33″S 130°56′32″E / 12.42583°S 130.94222°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Darwin | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1869 | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 413 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0828 | ||||||||||||
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Knuckey Lagoon is an outer suburban area in Darwin. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, on the fringe of Metropolitan Darwin. The area was named by Surveyor General G W Goyder after his Senior Surveyor, Richard Randall Knuckey.