Knuckey Lagoon, Northern Territory

For the conservation park, see Knuckey Lagoons Conservation Reserve.
Knuckey Lagoon
Darwin, Northern Territory
Knuckey Lagoon is located in Darwin, Australia
Knuckey Lagoon
Knuckey Lagoon
Map
Coordinates12°25′33″S 130°56′32″E / 12.42583°S 130.94222°E / -12.42583; 130.94222
Population413 (2016 census)[1]
Established1869
Postcode(s)0828
Location
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)Karama
Federal division(s)Solomon
Suburbs around Knuckey Lagoon:
Karama Holmes
Micket Creek		 Shoal Bay
Berrimah Knuckey Lagoon Shoal Bay
Holtze
Berrimah Berrimah
Pinelands
Holtze		 Holtze
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[2][3]

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.[4]

Knuckey Lagoon

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Knuckey Lagoon (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Knuckey Lagoon". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ "The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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