31 Durack Street

31 Durack Street is a detached house offering three bedrooms and one bathroom. It provides a compact, low‑maintenance living space suitable for small families or couples

The property comes with a single parking space for residents or visitors

Within roughly 1 km you’ll find the Dickson Library, Exhibition Park in Canberra, Canberra Racecourse, and the Dickson Centre precinct. Additional close‑by services include a cafe and veterinary clinic at the refurbished Downer shopping centre

Swinden Street Metro Station is about 0.7 km away, and the Dickson Interchange, another Metro station, is roughly 1.2 km from the house, providing convenient rail access to the wider Canberra region

Downer originated as a CSIRO agricultural research facility in the 1930s and was used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The suburb, gazetted in 1960, retains large pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks and features a community centre with a bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in 2019

The site sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑rich base reflects Canberra’s original name, “Limestone Plains.”

The property lies in the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party, and in the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Kurrajong, which elects members from Labor, Green, Liberal and Independent parties