Palmerston

Palmerston may refer to:

People

• Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer
• Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston
  • Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and British politician
  • Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (1739–1802), British politician
  • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865), British foreign minister and Prime Minister
• Charles P. Anderson (1865–1930), Canadian bishop

Places

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

• Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia

Northern Territory

• County of Palmerston, a cadastral division
• Palmerston, the name used for Darwin prior to 1911
• Palmerston, Northern Territory, a city near Darwin
  • The City of Palmerston, a local government area

Queensland

• Palmerston, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
• East Palmerston, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
• Cape Palmerston National Park
• Palmerston Highway, connects Cassowary Coast Region with Tablelands Region

Canada

• Palmerston, Ontario, a town in Ontario
• Mount Palmerston on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
• Palmerston Boulevard, a notable residential street in the city of Toronto, Ontario
• Palmerston Lake, a lake located in North Frontenac Township, Ontario

Ireland

• Palmerston, County Mayo, in Ireland
• Palmerston Park, Dublin, a park in the capital of Ireland

New Zealand

• Palmerston, New Zealand, a town in the Otago Region of the South Island
• Palmerston North, a city in the Manawatū-Wanganui Region of the North Island

Elsewhere

• Palmerston, Mutare, a suburb of Mutare, Zimbabwe
• Palmerston Island, an island in the Cook Islands
• Palmerston Park, home ground of Queen of the South F.C. in Dumfries, Scotland

Other uses

• Palmerston (car), a British car manufactured during the 1920s
• Palmerston (cat), a mouser in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Whitehall, London
• Palmerston FC, an Australian association football team
• Palmerston Football Club, an Australian Aussie Rules team
• Palmerston Forts, also known as Palmerston's Follies, a series of 19th-century British defensive fortifications

See also

• Palmerstown (disambiguation)