19 Cotton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property occupies a land area of 1,904 m². It is a standalone house situated on this sizable block.
The Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.4 km away, which is a short walk from the property.
Within roughly 0.7 km you’ll find the Dickson Library and the Dickson Centre precinct, which includes cafés, a vet clinic, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in May 2019. The local oval and shopping centre are also nearby.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO in the 1930s, later used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The area retains many large pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks at that time.
The site sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based geology reflects Canberra’s original “Limestone Plains” description.
Downer is part of the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne (Labor). In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate, which elects five members proportionally.
Yes, a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, replacing an earlier sculpture that had gone missing.
