8 Aston Crescent, Cook ACT 2614, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jan 1996 | $124,000 | $160 |
Price per m² based on land size of 773 m².
8 Aston Crescent is a standalone house situated on a 773 m² block of land. The spacious lot provides ample room for outdoor activities and landscaping.
Cook features a small shopping centre that includes the Cook Grocer independent supermarket, Little Oink coffee shop, To All My Friends bar, Jina’s Hair Salon for men, and Prestige Oysters fishmonger. There is also a public toilet facility for visitors.
The suburb sits on Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation and includes a porphyry of green‑grey dacitic intrusive with large white feldspar crystals in the north‑east. Mount Painter Volcanics crystal tuff appears in the centre and south‑west, while green‑grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlies the north‑west.
For Australian federal elections, Cook is part of the Division of Canberra. In ACT Legislative Assembly elections, it falls within the Ginninderra electorate.
Within roughly 0.5 km you’ll find the Macquarie Island Magnetic Observatory, and Pat Rubly Park is about 0.6 km away. The Jamison Centre shopping mall and Big Splash waterpark are each around 0.8‑1 km from the property, as is the National Health Co‑op.
Cook is named after the explorer Captain James Cook and Sir Joseph Cook, the sixth Prime Minister of Australia. All streets in the suburb are named after notable women from Australian history.
