142 Pockett Avenue, Banks ACT 2906, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jul 2010 | $377,000 | $992 |
| Sold | Aug 2003 | $250,000 | $657 |
| Sold | Nov 1998 | $90,000 | $236 |
| Sold | Jul 1993 | $107,000 | $281 |
| Sold | Sep 1992 | $28,000 | $73 |
Price per m² based on land size of 380 m².
The property includes three bedrooms and one bathroom.
The house sits on a 380 m² block of land.
Banks has a small shopping centre on Pockett Avenue with two take‑away food shops, a pet grooming shop and a SUPAEXPRESS supermarket.
Beau and Jessi Park is about 0.5 km away, Gordonvale Park is roughly 0.9 km distant, and the local Banks Oval is within the suburb for community events.
The Rob Roy Nature Reserve lies to the east, featuring the hilly terrain of Mt Rob Roy, and the smaller Big Monks mountain with a gliding stage for paragliders is also nearby.
Banks is named after Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook. All street names follow a botany or natural‑history theme.
Banks was gazetted on 12 March 1987 and is the most southerly suburb of Canberra.
The surface geology is alluvium, while the surrounding hills consist of Deakin Volcanics that erupted during the Silurian age, about 414 million years ago.
