138 Phillip Avenue, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property occupies a land parcel of 884 m².
138 Phillip Avenue is situated in Downer, an inner‑north suburb of Canberra. Downer is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO, with buildings from the 1930s and a wartime opium poppy plantation (1939‑1945). Large pine and gum trees were planted as windbreaks, and the local shopping centre was refurbished in the late 2010s with a new café and veterinary clinic.
The site sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium.
Federally, Downer is part of the Canberra electorate, represented by Alicia Payne (Labor). In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate.
Within 0.2 km is St Margaret's Uniting Church. Nearby parks include Justice Robert Hope Park (1.5 km) and Bill Pye Park (1.3 km). The Dickson District Playing Fields are about 0.5 km away, and the Dickson Library is 1.3 km from the property.
The Downer shopping centre, which was refurbished in the late 2010s, now includes a café and a veterinary clinic, providing convenient amenities close to the house.
