Archer, Northern Territory

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb

| name = Archer

| city = Palmerston

| state = nt

| image = Map of the Suburbs of Palmerston, Northern Territory.png

| caption = Archer in the southwestern part of the City of Palmerston

| alternative_location_map = Australia Darwin

| coordinates = {{coord|-12.512105|130.971015|format=dms|display=title,inline}}

| coord_ref =

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 12

| pop = 0

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC70016 | name = Archer (State Suburb) | quick = on | accessdate=28 June 2017}}

| area =

| postcode = 0830

| est = 1970s

| dist1 = 25.0

| location1= Darwin

| dist2 = 5.4

| location2= Palmerston

| lga = City of Palmerston

| stategov = Blain

| fedgov = Solomon

| near-nw = Elrundie

| near-n = Elrundie
Marlow Lagoon

| near-ne = Moulden

| near-e = Moulden
Bellamack
Mitchell

| near-se = Weddell

| near-s = Wickham
Weddell

| near-sw = Wickham

| near-w = Wickham

| footnotes = Adjoining suburbs{{cite web |title=Search result for 'Archer' |url= http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.01&qry=PLACE_ID=2005&qlyr=113 |website= NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=10 June 2019}}{{cite web |title=Palmerston City Council Suburbs |url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/404776/PalmerstonA3.pdf |website=Place Names Committee |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=10 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101454/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/404776/PalmerstonA3.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}

}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=The Larrakia People |url=https://larrakia.com/about/the-larrakia-people/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Larrakia Nation |language=en-US}} 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.{{cite web|title=Biography: Previous Incumbents – James Clarence Archer|work=Government House NT|publisher=Northern Territory Government|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/pdf/cv/1956_archer.pdf|accessdate=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402192952/http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/pdf/cv/1956_archer.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2011|url-status=dead}}