28 Phillip Avenue, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
28 Phillip Avenue is a house situated on a 694 m² block of land. The property offers a substantial garden area within the suburb of Downer.
The home is approximately 0.4 km from Phillip Avenue, providing easy access to the main thoroughfare. It is also within the boundaries of Northbourne Avenue and Antill Street, which define the suburb.
Exhibition Park in Canberra is about 0.6 km away, and the Canberra Racecourse lies roughly 0.9 km from the property. The National Folk Festival site is also close, at around 0.8 km.
The EPIC and Racecourse light rail station is approximately 1.1 km away, giving direct tram access to the city. A second metro stop on Swinden Street is about 1.2 km from the house.
The Downer local oval is within the suburb, and the Dickson District Playing Fields are about 1.2 km away. Nature lovers can also visit the nearby Dickson Wetland, located roughly 1.5 km from the home.
Downer was gazetted in 1960 and named after Sir John Downer, a former Premier of South Australia and early Australian senator. The area originally housed a CSIRO agricultural research facility, which included a wartime opium poppy plantation and large pine and gum windbreak trees.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑based geology reflects Canberra’s historic name, 'Limestone Plains.'
28 Phillip Avenue falls within the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, it is part of the Kurrajong electorate.
