21 Blacket Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Aug 1998 | $149,000 | $177 |
| Sold | Jun 1990 | $107,000 | $127 |
Price per m² based on land size of 838 m².
It is a detached house offering three bedrooms. The home sits on a generous 838 m² block in the inner‑north suburb of Downer.
The property occupies 838 square metres of land, providing ample space for a garden or outdoor activities.
The nearest Canberra Metro station is on Swinden Street, about 0.3 km away, and the Dickson Interchange, another Metro hub, is roughly 0.4 km from the house.
Within a short walk you’ll find the Dickson Centre with shops and cafes, a refurbished community centre that now includes a café and veterinary clinic, and the local oval surrounded by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets.
Yes, a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, replacing an earlier piece that had gone missing.
Downer sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium – the limestone that gave Canberra its original title, ‘Limestone Plains’.
The area was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site, used from 1939‑1945 to grow opium poppy for medication. Large pine and gum trees were planted as windbreaks, and many remain as part of the suburb’s leafy character.
