36 Blacket Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property includes a land parcel of approximately 815 m². This provides ample space for outdoor activities and potential landscaping.
The Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.4 km away, and the Dickson Interchange is also roughly 0.4 km distant, making train access very convenient.
Within 0.3–0.8 km you’ll find the Dickson Centre, Dickson Library, Quality Hotel Dickson, a refurbished shopping centre with a cafe and vet clinic, and the National Hockey Centre. These facilities cover shopping, dining, recreation and community services.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO, used from the 1930s and even for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. The area later developed into a residential suburb, retaining some historic trees planted as windbreaks.
The site sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This geological base is part of the limestone plains that gave Canberra its early name.
Downer is in the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. At the ACT Legislative Assembly, it falls within the Kurrajong electorate.
Yes, a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, replacing an earlier piece that had gone missing.
