18 Blacket Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Mar 2014 | $765,000 | $915 |
| Sold | Jun 2007 | $569,500 | $681 |
| Sold | Feb 2005 | $382,000 | $456 |
Price per m² based on land size of 836 m².
The property features five bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The house sits on an 836 m² block, providing ample outdoor space.
The nearest Canberra Metro stations are on Swinden Street (about 0.3 km away) and at the Dickson Interchange (approximately 0.4 km).
The Dickson Centre is just 0.3 km away, while the café Tilley's can be reached in roughly 1.2 km. The Quality Hotel Dickson (0.5 km) and Old Canberra Inn (0.9 km) are also nearby.
The National Hockey Centre, a field‑hockey stadium, is located about 0.7 km from the property.
Downer originated as a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s and was used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II; many of the large pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks.
The area is built on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, historically known as the “Limestone Plains”.
The home lies in the federal electorate of Canberra and the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Kurrajong.
