31 Antill Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Apr 1998 | $120,000 | $165 |
| Sold | Dec 1993 | $153,000 | $211 |
Price per m² based on land size of 724 m².
The property sits on a 724 m² parcel of land.
Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.4 km away, and the Dickson Interchange (also a Metro hub) is roughly the same distance.
Within 0.3 km you’ll find the Dickson Centre and Dickson Library. A short 0.4 km walk brings you to the Quality Hotel Dickson and the International Institute for Sustainability Australia, while St Ninian’s Church and the National Hockey Centre are under 1 km away.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO in the 1930s and even grew opium poppies during World War II. The original community centre and shops were built for the CSIRO and later refurbished in the late 2010s.
The site rests on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium – the limestone that gave Canberra its early name “Limestone Plains.”
A bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, replacing an earlier missing piece.
Downer is an inner‑north suburb of Canberra, bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
