134 Atherton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property sits on a 1,039 m² block. It provides ample space for a sizable garden or outdoor amenities.
Phillip Avenue is only about 0.3 km away, offering easy access to the surrounding area. The suburb is also bounded by Northbourne Avenue, providing a direct route to the city centre.
Swinden Street Metro station is roughly 1 km away, while the EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station is about 1.1 km distant. Both stations give convenient links to the wider Canberra network.
Exhibition Park in Canberra (≈0.7 km) hosts events and exhibitions, and the Canberra Racecourse (≈0.8 km) offers horse‑racing. The National Folk Festival (≈0.9 km) and Dickson Centre (≈1.4 km) provide additional entertainment options.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s, later used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The neighbourhood features historic pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in 2019.
The site sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑derived substrate reflects the original ‘Limestone Plains’ of the Canberra region.
