100 Melba Place, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property sits on an 848 m² block. This provides ample space for a house and outdoor areas.
It is situated in Downer, an inner‑north suburb of Canberra. Downer is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
Swinden Street, about 0.8 km away, hosts a Canberra Metro station. The Dickson Interchange, another Metro hub, is roughly 1.3 km from the house.
A local oval surrounded by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets offers open space. Within 1–1.2 km you’ll also find the Dickson District Playing Fields, Dickson Wetland, and Exhibition Park in Canberra.
The Downer shopping centre, recently refurbished with a cafe and a veterinary clinic, is a short walk away. Nearby precincts such as the Dickson Centre (≈1.1 km) and the Quality Hotel Dickson (≈1.2 km) add further retail and dining options, and the Dickson Library is about 1 km distant.
Downer originated as a CSIRO agricultural research facility in the 1930s and was used for opium poppy cultivation during 1939‑1945. The surrounding pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in the local centre in May 2019.
The ground consists of calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based substrate reflects the original “Limestone Plains” of Canberra.
