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Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston is a satellite city of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
's Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and has a population of 27,185 people which makes up 12% or the territory's population and making it the second largest city in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. Palmerston is currently the fastest growing city in the Northern Territory and was once the fastest growing city in Australia for a short while.

There are 10 suburbs all together in Palmerston which are close to the Palmerston city centre

Palmerston City, Northern Territory

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Palmerston is a satellite city of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Australia

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and has a population of 27,185 people which makes up 12% or the territory's population and making it the second largest city in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. Palmerston is currently the fastest growing city in the Northern Territory and was once the fastest growing city in Australia for a short while.

There are 10 suburbs all together in Palmerston which are close to the Palmerston city centre

Palmerston City, Northern Territory

Palmerston City is an inner suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, located within the City of Palmerston. Its postcode is 0830. It contains the Palmerston Shopping Centre, the City of Palmerston council offices, Frances Mira Mall and a sporting complex and bus terminal....
. Palmerston is mostly residential with two light industrial areas in the north of the city.

Like the rest of the Top End, Palmerston has a tropical climate, with a wet season and a dry season. It receives heavy rainfall during the Wet, and is well-known for its spectacular lightning.

History

Palmerston was the name given in 1855 to Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....
itself. Darwin assumed its current name in 1911. The name first applied to the capital city by the South Australian Government in remembrance of Lord Palmerston, who became Prime Minister of Britain in 1855.

The land for modern Palmerston was acquired in 1971 by the Australian government after concerns of under-supply of residential land in Darwin. The site of Palmerston was selected as the land was adjacent an existing transportation corridors. The decision to proceed with the development of Palmerston was made in 1980. Planning and development was managed by the Palmerston Development Authority. Development of Palmerston began during the early 1980s. Suburbs of Palmerston were built in stages. The first suburbs built were Gray

Gray, Northern Territory

Gray is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
and Driver

Driver, Northern Territory

Driver is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, followed by Moulden

Moulden, Northern Territory

Moulden is an outer-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia. It is southeast of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, then Woodroffe

Woodroffe, Northern Territory

Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 25km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD and 2.1km from Palmerston City, Northern Territory....
and Marlow Lagoon

Marlow Lagoon, Northern Territory

Marlow Lagoon is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 24km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
. Suburbs then continued to grow during the 1990s, the suburbs were Bakewell

Bakewell, Northern Territory

Bakewell is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia. It is 24.9km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, Rosebery

Rosebery, Northern Territory

Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 26km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
and Durack

Durack, Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
, from the population increasing nearly 8,000 people between 1991 and 2001 to 21,000 people. Palmerston's population is expected to continue growing, and reach over 40,000 people in the next 10 - 15 years At the beginning of construction of Palmerston it was anticipated that Palmerston would be estimated at housing around 50,000 residents. Recent revisions of the population estimates that the current trends show that that figure is much lower, and is estimated a little more than 42,000.

Since 1995/1996 the construction commenced on 5 new Palmerston suburbs, Rosebery

Rosebery, Northern Territory

Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 26km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, Bakewell

Bakewell, Northern Territory

Durack, Northern Territory

Durack is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 22km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, Gunn

Gunn, Northern Territory

Gunn is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, and Farrar

Farrar, Northern Territory

Farrar is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 21km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
. These were developed in stages with only the final stages of new Palmerston suburbs yet to begin. In 2000 the Palmerston Town Council sought and obtained a change in the name of the municipality to City of Palmerston

City of Palmerston

Darwin city centre

The Darwin city centre Although the city centre is one of the most developed areas of Darwin, demographically it is one of the less densely populated, due to its core being commercial....
, 15-18 minutes from Darwin's Northern suburbs and 10 - 20 minutes from Howard Springs and the rural area.

Landmarks

The major land-mark in Palmerston is the Power and Water Corporation

Power and Water Corporation

Power and Water Corporation is a Northern Territory Government owned corporation. Power and Water is the Northern Territory's premier provider of electricity, water and sewerage services....
's water storage tank, which supplies the city with fresh potable water. The City also has a natural escarpment on its eastern side, which has extensive walking paths.

Geography

Palmerston is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Howard Springs, Northern Territory

Howard Springs is an outer rural area of Darwin, Northern Territory. It is 29km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Litchfield....
. The city is located between the outer industrial areas of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Howard Springs, Northern Territory

Howard Springs is an outer rural area of Darwin, Northern Territory. It is 29km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Litchfield....
, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south - east of territories capital Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

City of Palmerston

Stuart Highway

The Stuart Highway is one of Australia's major highways. It is part of Australia's Highway 1 and the National Highway . in length, the Stuart Highway extends south to north in the country's interior from Adelaide to Darwin, Northern Territory via Alice Springs....
in the north and in the eastern parts to the Cty of Palmerston borders. The city itself is located in the centre, with the outer rural area proposed for development as the population grows.

Palmerston like Darwin has a tropical climate, with a wet season

Wet season

Rainy season is the time of year, covering one or more months, when most of the average annual rainfall in a region falls. The term green season is also sometimes used as a euphemism by tourist authorities....
and a dry season

Dry season

The dry season is a term commonly used when describing the weather in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which oscillation from the northern to the southern tropics over the course of the year....
. The city receives heavy rainfall in the wet season, this occurs between December and March. Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm

File:FoggDam-NT.jpgA thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its effect: thunder....
s are common and humidity is regularly over 70 per cent.

Palmerston was named after Lord Palmerston, a British Prime Minister. Palmerston was the name given in 1855 to Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Regions and suburbs

The City of Palmerston initially consisted of the Palmerston Town (CBD), Driver

Driver, Northern Territory

Driver is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
and Gray

Gray, Northern Territory

Gray is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
. These were followed by Moulden

Moulden, Northern Territory

Woodroffe, Northern Territory

Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 25km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD and 2.1km from Palmerston City, Northern Territory....
after development in those areas commenced in 1983. Also included in the City of Palmerston

City of Palmerston

Marlow Lagoon, Northern Territory

Archer, Northern Territory

Archer is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 25km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD and 5.4km from Palmerston City, Northern Territory....
and the industrial zones of Yarrawonga

Yarrawonga, Northern Territory

Yarrawonga is an outer northern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 21km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD and 2.1km from Palmerston City, Northern Territory....
and Pinelands. Due to the explosive growth of Palmerston further developments have occurred leading to the creation of the suburbs of Rosebery

Rosebery, Northern Territory

Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 26km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, Bakewell

Bakewell, Northern Territory

Gunn, Northern Territory

Gunn is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
, Durack

Durack, Northern Territory

Farrar, Northern Territory

Farrar is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 21km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
.

The suburbs of Durack and Gunn also have colloquial names as assigned to them by the developers of the area, being "Fairway Waters" (due to the man-made lakes and golf course) and "The Chase" respectively.

Future areas of land for expansion are the proposed suburbs of Archer

Archer, Northern Territory

Archer is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 25km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD and 5.4km from Palmerston City, Northern Territory....
, Bellamack

Bellamack, Northern Territory

Bellamack is a rural outer suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 26.5km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
Johnston, Zuccoli and Mitchell

Mitchell, Northern Territory

Mitchell is an outer city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia. It is 27km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
and are located on the south-east side of the existing city. These plots of expansion are expected to allow an increase of up to 14,000 additional residents in the city of Palmerston, with the first land release beginning in Bakewell

Bakewell, Northern Territory

Climate

Palmerston has a tropical

Tropics

The Tropics, seated in the equatorial regions of the world, are limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23?26' N latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at 23?26' S latitude....
climate like Darwin with distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry season runs from May to September. In the coolest months of June and July, daily temperature range is 19 to 30°C. The Wet season is associated with tropical cyclone

Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a storm characterized by a large low pressure system center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain....
s and monsoon rains. The majority of rainfall occurs between December and March when thunderstorm

Thunderstorm

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Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Notes: Temperature Temperature In physics, temperature is a physical property of a Physical system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that feels hotter generally has the greater temperature.... s are in degrees Celsius Celsius Celsius is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death.... . Precipitation Precipitation (meteorology) File:MeanMonthlyP.gifIn meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of Atmosphere water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface.... is in millimetre Millimetre The millimetre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current International System of Units SI base unit of length.... s. Darwin Airport Latitude: -12.42° S Longitude: 130.89° E Elevation: 30 m ASL

Demographics

Palmerston Population by year
1986	5,706
1991	7,804
1996	12,750
2001	20,788
2006	23,614
2011	34,944
2021	> 42,020	(Projected)

As of the 2006 Census, there were 23,614 people residing in 9,000 households. The median age of persons in Palmerston was 28 years. 18.9% of the population of Palmerston were children aged between 5-14 years, and 47.1% were persons aged 25-54 years. 74.8 per cent of Palmerston's population are Australian born, with the biggest overseas birthplaces were, English (692 or 2.9 per cent), New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
(437 or 1.9 per cent), Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
(278 or 1.2 per cent), Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands ....
(144 or 0.6 per cent) and East Timor

East Timor

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro Island and Jaco , and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor....
(116 or 0.5 per cent).

The 2006 Census found the most common religious affiliations in Palmerston had No Religion (6,106 or 25.9 per cent), Catholicism

Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its Theology and doctrines, its Catholic liturgy, Ethics, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
(5,263 or 22.3 per cent), Anglican (3,561 or 15.1 per cent), Uniting Church (1,205 or 5.1 per cent) and Presbyterian and Reformed

List of Presbyterian Denominations in Australia

* Evangelical Presbyterian Church * Free Presbyterian Church * Presbyterian Church of Australia* Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia* Presbyterian Reformed Church ...
(419 or 1.8 per cent).

Palmerston’s population represents one quarter of the combined Palmerston-Darwin total population, and represents 11.7% of the Territory’s population.

Population growth

Palmerston along with Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Northern Territory

Australia

Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory

The Local Government Areas in Australia of the Northern Territory, Australia are the areas for which particular Local Government authorities, generally known as "Councils" have the responsibility to provide local government services....
in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. Palmerston increased by 1,300 people growing by 5 per cent. The fastest growths occurred within Palmerston which includes the suburbs of Farrar

Farrar, Northern Territory

Farrar is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 21km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
Rosebery

Rosebery, Northern Territory

Marlow Lagoon, Northern Territory

Marlow Lagoon is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 24km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
and Gunn

Gunn, Northern Territory

Gunn is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 23km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
and Palmerston City

Palmerston City, Northern Territory

Darwin, Northern Territory

Shire of Litchfield

The Litchfield Municipality is a Local Government Areas of Australia located in the Northern Territory of Australia on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the Darwin, Northern Territory-Palmerston, Northern Territory urban area....
population will be just 2 000 less than the City of Darwin

City of Darwin

The City of Darwin is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, Northern Territory, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population....
.

Government

The Palmerston region is covered by the Local Government Area

Local Government Area

Local Government Area is a term used in Australia to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local government in Australia. The generic names of Local Governments vary from state to state; examples include Borough, City, District, Municipality, Region, Rural City, Shire and Town....
of the City of Palmerston

City of Palmerston

The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory's satellite city, Palmerston, Northern Territory, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin, Northern Territory and the rural areas of Howard Springs, Northern Territo...
. The council was created in 1985. The council chambers are located in the Palmerston City Centre.

The Palmerston City Council

City of Palmerston

The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory's satellite city, Palmerston, Northern Territory, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin, Northern Territory and the rural areas of Howard Springs, Northern Territo...
(Incorporated under the Northern Territory Local Government Act 1993) governs the City of Palmerston

City of Palmerston

The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory's satellite city, Palmerston, Northern Territory, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin, Northern Territory and the rural areas of Howard Springs, Northern Territo...
has governed Palmerston since 1985. The Palmerston City Council consists of 8 elected members, the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and six aldermen. The city is not divided into wards, thus each alderman represents constituents from the entire city. The current mayor of Palmerston is Robert Macleod

Robert Macleod

Robert Macleod JP is the Mayor of the Palmerston, Northern Territory, Northern Territory. He was appointed Mayor in May 2007 following the retirement of Annette Burke....
. He was appointed Mayor in May 2007 following the retirement of Annette Burke.

In territory politics, Palmerston is located in the Legislative Assembly

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. It sits in Parliament House, Darwin, located on State Square, close to the centre of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory....
districts of Blain

Electoral division of Blain

Blain is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997, and is named after Adair Blain, the second member for the federal Division of Northern Territory, and the only Australian sitting MP to ever become a prisoner of war....
, Brennan

Electoral division of Brennan

Brennan is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and derives its name from Harold Brennan, a former member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council and List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Darwin....
, Drysdale

Electoral division of Drysdale

Drysdale is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1997, and is named after Fred Drysdale, a former member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council....
, Nelson

Electoral division of Nelson (Northern Territory)

Nelson is an electoral divisions of the Northern Territory of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was first created in 1990, and was named after Harold Nelson , the first member for the federal Division of Northern Territory....
with two seats held by the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....
, one by the Country Liberal Party

Country Liberal Party

The Country Liberal Party is a Northern Territory political party affiliated with both the Liberal Party of Australia and National Party of Australia parties....
and one by the Independents

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
.

In federal politics, Palmerston is located in one House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house, the upper house being the Australian Senate....
division shared with Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Division of Solomon

The Division of Solomon is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in the Northern Territory. It covers the cities of Darwin, Northern Territory and Palmerston, Northern Territory....
.

Economy

Palmerston has around 12,945 people in the labour force. The unemployment rate in the city was 2.3 per cent which was well below the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
average of 4.3 per cent.

The largest industry employers in Palmerston are public administration & safety (2,751 or 21.3 per cent), retail trade (1,190 or 9.2 per cent), construction (892 or 6.9 per cent, health care & social assistance (829 or 6.4 per cent) and education & training (825 or 6.4 per cent). The total numbers of businesses in Palmerston was 1,410. Of these, 57% of businesses were categorised as non employing.

Palmerston has continued growth in median house prices, with an increase of 5.3% for the year to March 2008. The median house and unit prices in Palmerston were $395,000 and $300,000. The vacancy rate in Palmerston was 0.9% compared with 0.5% for Darwin. Palmerston has provided around a half of the vacant land sales in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
. Palmerston has two major shopping centres including Palmerston Shopping Centre and Palm City Oasis. The Palmerston Shopping Centre contains over 69 businesses including a Coles Supermarket

Coles Supermarkets

Coles Supermarkets is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers . With over 740 stores nationally and more than 92,000 employees, Coles currently has second-largest market share behind Woolworths Supermarkets....
, and the discount department - store Target

Target (Australia)

Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian department store chain owned by Wesfarmers . It operates 268 stores with its head office located in North Geelong, Victoria....
. Palm City Oasis contains a Woolworths

Woolworths (supermarkets)

Woolworths is the largest supermarket chain in Australia, owned by Woolworths Limited. It is colloquially known as "Woolies" and in Victoria the majority of stores trade as Safeway ....
supermarket and 18 businesses. Some Palmerston suburbs contains smaller shopping centres

Education

Preschool, primary and secondary

Palmerston is served by eight primary schools and two secondary schools and three non - government schools. There are over 4,234 primary and secondary students enrolled in Palmerston with 2,942 students attending primary education and 1,292 students attending secondary education. There are over 3,100 students enrolled in government schools in Palmerston, 509 students enrolled in Catholic schools and 625 students enrolled in independent schools. The Northern Territory Government announced in its 2008 Budget that two new schools a primary and middle schools will be built in the Palmerston suburb of Rosebery

Rosebery, Northern Territory

Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 26km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
which will cater for up to 1,450 students and will cost $48.8million. Following the construction of the two new schools in Rosebery

Rosebery, Northern Territory

Rosebery is an outer southern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 26km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
an additional primary schools will be built in Palmerston East, which will include the planned suburb of Zuccoli.

Tertiary and vocational

The Charles Darwin University

Charles Darwin University

Charles Darwin University is an Australian public university with around 20,098 higher education students studying as of 2007. It has campuses in the Darwin, Northern Territory suburb of Casuarina, Northern Territory, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Alice Springs, Katherine, Northern Territory , Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory....
Palmerston campus is located in the suburb of Durack

Durack, Northern Territory

Durack is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory. It is 22km SE of the Darwin, Northern Territory CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....
. The campus hosts the School of Tourism and Hospitality as well as expanding into a mini-School of Conservation and Land Management. There are over 4,318 students enrolled in tertiary and further education courses. 247 of Palmerston residents were enrolled in higher education at Charles Darwin University

Charles Darwin University

Charles Darwin University is an Australian public university with around 20,098 higher education students studying as of 2007. It has campuses in the Darwin, Northern Territory suburb of Casuarina, Northern Territory, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Alice Springs, Katherine, Northern Territory , Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory....
and 4,071 students enrolled in vocational education and training.

Sport and recreation

Palmerston is home to the Palmerston Football Club

Palmerston Football Club

The Palmerston Football Club is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League....
(known as the "Magpies") Northern Territory Football League

Northern Territory Football League

The Northern Territory Football League is a 8 team Australian rules football semi-professional league operating in Darwin, Northern Territory in the Northern Territory....
and is based out of the Archer Sporting Complex. Palmerston has a strong presence in Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
. The Archer Sporting Complex has an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Softball

Softball is a Team sport sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball and the rules of both sports are substantially similar....
diamond and senior Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
diamond. There are also a number of sporting clubs located at the complex. The complex home to the, Palmerston and Rural Baseball Club, the Palmerston Pirates Softball

Softball

Softball is a Team sport sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball and the rules of both sports are substantially similar....
team, and the Palmerston Raiders

Palmerston Raiders

The Palmerston Raiders are an Australian Semi-professional rugby league team based in Palmerston, Northern Territory. They compete in the Darwin Rugby League , Darwin's Local rugby league competition....
Rugby League

Northern Territory Rugby League

The Northern Territory Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in the Northern Territory of Australia. It controls the Darwin Rugby League, Darwin Junior Rugby League and the Centralia Australian Rugby Football League....
team.

Palmerston has one football team, the Palmerston SC which plays in the Northern Zone

Football Federation Northern Territory

The Football Federation Northern Territory is the state governing body for association football in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is affiliated with Football Federation Australia, the national governing body....
League.

The city has a "skate park" located on University Avenue that is funded by the Palmerston City Council. This park allows locals to perform Skateboarding

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to a skateboarder, skater or skate rat....
as well as other related sports, including Inline Skating. There is a local near-Olympic size swimming pool

Olympic size swimming pool

An Olympic-size swimming pool is the type of swimming pool used in the Olympic Games and other "long course" events . The size of this pool is also commonly used to define the size of other objects, or to describe a volume of a substance in layman....
with a gymnasium.

There is also a boat ramp allowing access to the Elizabeth River for small trailable marine craft. Persons utilising the area are cautioned that both Box jellyfish

Box jellyfish

Box jellyfish are invertebrates belonging to the scientific classification Cubozoa, named for their cube-shaped medusa . Cubozoans are categorized separately from other types of jellyfish and are considered more complex than Scyphozoans....
and crocodile

Crocodile

A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all members of the order Crocodilia: i.e....
s are present in the river.

A branch of the YWCA

YWCA

The YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision--to eliminate racism and empower women....
is located at the CBD.

The Palmerston Scouts

Scouts Australia

Scouts Australia is an organisation for children and young adults from 6 to 26 years of age. Scouts Australia is part of the global Scouting movement and national member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement since 1953....
are located on University Avenue, adjacent to the Palmerston branch of the RSL

Returned and Services League of Australia

The Returned and Services League of Australia is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force ....
.

Palmerston is well served by its many park reserves. Some parks also offer coin-operated public barbecue

Barbecue

Barbecue or barbeque is a method and apparatus for cooking food, often meat, with the heat and hot gases of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal and may include application of a marinade, spice rub, or Basting barbecue sauce to the meat....
facilities.

Media

A local free tabloid news paper called the Palmerston Sun is published weekly by News Corporation

News Corporation

News Corporation , , ) is one of the world's largest Media conglomerate conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin....
. The Northern Territory News
Northern Territory News

Northern Territory News is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is a subsidiary of News Limited and owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
tabloid published daily by News Corporation

News Corporation

News Corporation , , ) is one of the world's largest Media conglomerate conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin....
is also widely available in Palmerston. There is also the Sunday edition of the Northern Territory News The Sunday Territorian also published by News Corporation

News Corporation

News Corporation , , ) is one of the world's largest Media conglomerate conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin....
. Most large state-wide and interstate newspapers are also available from local retailers, albeit with a delay in arrival.

Palmerston also receives Radio

Tuner (radio)

A tuner is an adjustable device which passes one radio frequency, or band of frequencies, and excludes others, by using electrical resonance. A tuner performs the process of selecting the desired signal but its output is not directly usable and must be sent to another device....
and television

Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
services sourced from transmitters located in the Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

TND-34

TND is the call-sign for the Southern Cross Television station in Darwin, Northern Territory. The station, launched in 1998 as Seven Darwin and broadcasting to the greater Darwin region, serving around 100,000 people, is owned by the Macquarie Media Group....
, Channel Nine Darwin

NTD-8

'NTD' is an Australian television station, licensed to and serving Darwin, Northern Territory, Palmerston, Northern Territory and surrounds. The station is owned by PBL Media, and is an owned-and-operated station of the Nine Network, under the company name Territory Television Pty....
and Darwin Digital Television

DTD (TV station)

Darwin Digital Television is a new digital television Television broadcasting in Australia in Darwin, Northern Territory, Northern Territory. It is jointly owned by the PBL Media owner of NTD and the Macquarie Media Group owner of Southern Cross Television....
and the two Government owned channels ABC and SBS Television

SBS Television

SBS Television is a service of the Australian Special Broadcasting Service, providing a nation-wide network of digital and analogue television services....
. Pay TV

Pay TV

Pay television or premium television refers to Subscription business model-based television services, usually provided by both Analog transmission and Digital terrestrial television Cable television and Satellite television, but also increasingly by Digital terrestrial television methods....
is also available through both satellite

Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
and fixed cable from the encumbant provider, Austar

Austar

About Austar Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones....
.

Palmerston receives most Radio

Tuner (radio)

Darwin, Northern Territory

Radio National

ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide radio network broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with programs including news and current affairs , arts, music, society, science, drama and comedy....
(657AM), ABC Classic FM

ABC Classic FM

ABC Classic FM is an Australian European classical music radio station available in major centres around the country. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
(107.3FM) and Triple J

Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
(103.3FM).

Infrastructure

Health

Palmerston does not have a public hospital but many of Palmerston's health needs are serviced by the Palmerston Health Precinct which includes the Palmerston Community Care Centre, public dental service, St Johns' Ambulance, Medical Specialists Clinic and the Farrar Medical Centre. There are seven general practices in the Palmerston health region, four of which provide after-hours services.

Transport

The city has a network of approximately 32 km of bicycle

Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered transport with two bicycle wheel attached to a bicycle frame, one behind the other....
paths, most of which are lit for night-time usage.

There is also a public bus service operated by Darwinbus

Darwinbus

Darwinbus is a public bus service which operates in Darwin, Northern Territory and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Australia....
that offers transportation around Palmerston, into Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the national airline of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an acronym for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services"....
, Jetstar, Airnorth

Airnorth

Capiteq Limited, trading as Airnorth, is a regional airline based in Darwin, Northern Territory in Australia. It operates scheduled and charter services in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia, with an extension to East Timor....
, Garuda Indonesia

Garuda Indonesia

PT Garuda Indonesia is the national airline of Indonesia. It is named after the mythical bird Garuda. In Indian Historical Vedic religion tradition, Garuda is the carrier of the Hinduism god Vishnu; a representation of Garuda appears in the coat of arms of Indonesia....
and Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue is an Australian low-cost airline, Australia's second-biggest airline as well as the largest airline with the Virgin branding. It was founded by United Kingdom businessman Richard Branson's Virgin Group....
, with daily flights to and from all major cities in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
, South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, and the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
or the Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory is the Capital districts and territories of the Australia and its smallest States and territories of Australia....
at the current stage. There are also direct flights to East Timor

East Timor

Indonesia

The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
and Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
. The airport is located in the Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
s are also available in Palmerston, as well as a number of local and Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Utilities

Water storage, supply and Power for Palmerston is managed by Power and Water Corporation

Power and Water Corporation

Power and Water Corporation is a Northern Territory Government owned corporation. Power and Water is the Northern Territory's premier provider of electricity, water and sewerage services....
, which is owned by the Government of the Northern Territory

Government of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory of Australia is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom....
. The corporation is also responsible for management of sewerage and the major water catchments in the region. Water is mainly stored in the largest dam, The Darwin River Dam which holds up to 90% of Palmerston's water supply. For many years, Palmerston principal water supply came from Manton Dam.

Palmerston and its suburbs are powered by the Channel Island Power Station. The largest power plant in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
.

External links

at the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics

File:ABS House.jpgThe Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistics government agency. It came into being, as the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, on 8 December 1905, when the Census and Statistics Act 1905 was given Royal assent....
(2006 Census)