111 Atherton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Aug 1993 | $142,500 | $137 |
Price per m² based on land size of 1033 m².
The property is a standalone house situated on a spacious block.
The house sits on approximately 1,033 m² of land, offering plenty of outdoor space.
The Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.7 km away, providing easy access to the Canberra rail network.
Within roughly 1 km you’ll find the Canberra Racecourse, Exhibition Park, the National Folk Festival grounds, and the National Hockey Centre.
Downer contains a local oval bordered by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets, and the Dickson District Playing Fields are just over 1 km away.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site, later used for opium poppy production during World War II, and retains historic pine and gum trees planted as wind‑breaks.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, part of the limestone plains that gave Canberra its original name.
