4 Gale Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
The property at 4 Gale Street is a standalone house situated on a 798 m² parcel of land. It offers a sizable block typical of the inner‑north Canberra suburbs.
The house is located about 0.3 km from the Dickson District Playing Fields, making the sports facilities easily reachable on foot. This close proximity is ideal for residents who enjoy outdoor activities.
The site sits atop calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. These rock layers form part of the limestone plains that gave Canberra its original name, Limestone Plains.
Public transport is convenient, with the Swinden Street Canberra Metro station roughly 1.2 km away. Additionally, a bus shelter at Officer Crescent is about 1 km from the property.
Within a kilometre you’ll find several community amenities, including Dickson Wetland (0.4 km), the Dickson Library (0.8 km), and the Dickson Centre precinct (0.9 km). A nearby accommodation option is the Quality Hotel Dickson, also about 0.9 km away.
Downer’s history includes its origins as a CSIRO agricultural research site, which during 1939‑1945 grew opium poppies for medicinal use. The large pine and gum trees surrounding the former CSIRO buildings were planted at that time as wind‑breaks.
Federally, the property lies in the Canberra electorate, currently represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the Kurrajong electorate, which elects five members via proportional representation.
