28 Giblin Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Oct 1994 | $139,500 | $177 |
Price per m² based on land size of 788 m².
The property features three bedrooms. All rooms are within a single‑storey house.
The house sits on a 788 m² block. This provides ample garden and outdoor space for the inner‑north location.
Within roughly 1 km you’ll find St Margaret’s Uniting Church (≈0.5 km), Dickson District Playing Fields (≈0.6 km), Dickson Wetland (≈0.8 km), Calvert Park (≈1.1 km), Dickson Library (≈1.2 km) and the Dickson Centre precinct (≈1.4 km). The area also includes Exhibition Park in Canberra and Bill Pye Park, both within 1.5 km.
Downer originated as a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s and was used for opium‑poppy cultivation during World War II. The historic community centre and shops date from that era, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture was added to the precinct in 2019.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based substratum reflects Canberra’s 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 returns five members from Labor, Green, Liberal and Independent parties.
Yes, the Downer shopping precinct was refurbished in the late 2010s, adding a new café and veterinary clinic. A bronze kangaroo sculpture was also unveiled in May 2019, replacing a previous missing piece.
