28 Banfield Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Apr 2014 | $555,000 | $799 |
| Sold | Oct 1993 | $148,000 | $213 |
Price per m² based on land size of 694 m².
The home is a three‑bedroom, one‑bathroom house situated on a sizable block. It offers a single parking space and occupies a land area of approximately 694 m².
The property sits on about 694 square metres of land, providing ample space for a garden or outdoor activities.
Swinden Street metro station is roughly 1 km away, and the EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station is about 1.1 km from the house, offering convenient access to Canberra’s metro network.
Residents are close to Phillip Avenue (≈0.3 km), Exhibition Park in Canberra (≈0.6 km), Canberra Racecourse (≈0.7 km) and the National Folk Festival site (≈0.9 km), providing a range of shopping, events and leisure options.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO, used during 1939‑1945 for opium poppy cultivation. The area later developed into a suburb, and many of the large pine and gum trees date from that era.
The suburb was named after Sir John Downer (1843–1915), who was Premier of South Australia and a member of the first Australian Senate in 1901.
The ground is composed of calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, which reflects the limestone plains that originally gave Canberra its name.
