20 Gardiner Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Apr 2001 | $205,000 | $266 |
Price per m² based on land size of 769 m².
The land parcel measures 769 m².
It is a standalone house situated on the 769 m² lot.
Nearby recreational spots include the Dickson District Playing Fields about 0.3 km away and the local oval surrounded by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets. Calvert Park and Bill Pye Park are each roughly 1 km distant, and the Dickson Wetland lies about 0.6 km away.
Within a short walk you’ll find the refurbished Downer shopping centre with a café and veterinary clinic, as well as the bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in 2019. The Dickson Centre precinct, Dickson Library and Quality Hotel Dickson are each around 1 km away, and St Margaret’s Uniting Church is about 0.6 km distant.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the original “Limestone Plains” of the region.
Public transport includes the Swinden Street Canberra Metro station roughly 1.2 km away and a bus shelter at Officer Crescent about the same distance. Phillip Avenue, a major road, is also within 1.2 km, providing easy road access.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site, used from the 1930s and during 1939‑45 as a poppy plantation for medication production. The surrounding pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks, and remnants of this history remain in the local landscape.
