32 Atherton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jul 1994 | $168,000 | $217 |
Price per m² based on land size of 772 m².
The house sits on 772 m² of land. It is a standalone residential dwelling within the Downer suburb.
The Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.4 km away, roughly a five‑minute walk from the property.
The refurbished Downer shopping centre, now featuring a café and a veterinary clinic, is approximately 0.7 km away. The larger Dickson Centre, with additional shops and eateries, is also about 0.7 km from the house.
The National Hockey Centre is about 1 km away, and the Dickson District Playing Fields are roughly 1.1 km distant. Downer also has a local oval located between Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets.
The suburb rests on calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone‑rich substrate reflects Canberra’s historic nickname “Limestone Plains”.
Downer began as a CSIRO agricultural research facility in the 1930s and produced opium poppies during World War II. Large pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks, and a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 at the local shopping centre.
Downer is bounded by Northbourne Avenue to the west, Antill Street to the south, and Philip Avenue to the east, placing it in Canberra’s inner north.
