27 Melba Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property features three bedrooms and two bathrooms, providing ample space for a small family or couples.
The house sits on a generous 865 m² block, offering a spacious garden area and room for outdoor activities.
It is about 0.7 km from Swinden Street Metro station and 1.0 km from the Dickson Interchange, with the Dickson Library just 0.6 km away and the Dickson Centre 0.7 km distant.
The local oval bounded by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets is nearby, and the refurbished Downer shopping centre hosts a new cafe, a vet clinic, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in 2019.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s, later used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The surrounding large pine and gum trees were planted as windbreaks, and many have since been replaced with local gum varieties.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the original limestone plains that gave Canberra its early name.
Downer belongs to the federal electorate of Canberra and is represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party.
