102 Melba Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Nov 2015 | $740,000 | $966 |
| Sold | May 2002 | $285,000 | $372 |
| Sold | Dec 1995 | $150,000 | $195 |
Price per m² based on land size of 766 m².
The home is a house with three bedrooms and one bathroom, sitting on a 766 m² block. It also includes a single parking space for residents.
The land measures 766 square metres, providing ample space for a garden, outdoor entertaining area, or future extensions.
Within about 1 km you’ll find Dickson Library, Exhibition Park in Canberra, the Dickson Centre precinct, and the Dickson District Playing Fields. The local oval bordered by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets is also nearby.
Swinden Street Metro station is roughly 0.8 km away, and the larger Dickson Interchange is about 1.3 km distant, offering easy access to Canberra’s light‑rail network.
A bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, which was refurbished in the late 2010s and now hosts a cafe and a veterinary clinic. The local oval provides a recreational green space for residents.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the limestone origins of the region.
Downer was gazetted in 1960 and was originally an agricultural research site for CSIRO, even serving as a poppy plantation during World War II. Many of the large pine and gum trees around the former CSIRO buildings were planted in the 1930s, and the area has evolved into a residential community with a local oval and shopping centre.
