22 Legge Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
It's a house situated on a 736 m² block, offering substantial garden or development space. The sizeable parcel is typical for inner‑north Canberra residences.
Downer lies in Canberra's inner north, bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue. The suburb is just a short walk from the Dickson Centre and library.
The suburb originated around a 1930s CSIRO research facility that once grew opium poppies during World II. Large pine and gum trees were originally planted as windbreaks and many have been replaced with newer gum varieties.
Within 1 km you’ll find the refurbished Downer shopping centre with a café and veterinary clinic, the local oval, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in 2019. The Dickson Library and Dickson Centre are also within walking distance.
Swinden Street metro station is about 0.6 km away, and the larger Dickson Interchange is roughly 0.8 km distant, providing easy access to Canberra’s light rail network.
The site sits on calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, the limestone that gave Canberra its original name “Limestone Plains”.
Federally, Downer is part of the Canberra electorate, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate, which elects a mixed group of members.
