14B Cotton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property sits on a 1,141 m² parcel of land. It is a standalone house occupying the entire block.
The closest Metro station is on Swinden Street, about 0.4 km away. The Dickson Interchange, another Metro stop, is roughly 0.9 km distant.
Nearby amenities include the Downer local oval and shopping centre with a new cafe and veterinary clinic, the Dickson Library (≈0.7 km), and the Dickson Centre precinct (≈0.7 km). The National Hockey Centre and Dickson District Playing Fields are also within about 1 km.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site built in the 1930s and later used for opium poppy cultivation during 1939‑1945. Large pine and gum trees were planted as windbreaks, and the community centre shops were refurbished in the late 2010s with a new café and vet clinic.
The area sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based geology gave Canberra its original nickname, “Limestone Plains.”
Federally, Downer is part of the Canberra electorate, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate.
Yes, a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, replacing an earlier missing piece. It is a recognized local landmark.
