17 Blacket Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property at 17 Blacket Street is a standalone house.
The house sits on a 748 m² block of land.
Swinden Street Metro station is approximately 0.3 km away, and the Dickson Interchange Metro station is about 0.4 km from the property.
Dickson Centre is only 0.3 km away, the Quality Hotel Dickson is 0.5 km away, and the café Tilley's in Lyneham is about 1.2 km from the house.
Downer was originally an agricultural research site for the CSIRO in the 1930s, used during 1939‑1945 to grow opium poppy for medication. The area features historic pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks and a community centre built for the CSIRO.
The site rests on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the original "Limestone Plains" of Canberra.
Downer falls within the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne (Labor), and the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Kurrajong.
