58 Atherton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Oct 1998 | $145,250 | $180 |
| Sold | Dec 1992 | $159,950 | $198 |
Price per m² based on land size of 804 m².
The house sits on 804 m² of land and offers five bedrooms and three bathrooms. It is a standalone house.
The closest Metro station is on Swinden Street, about 0.3 km from the property, providing easy access to the city's rail network.
Within roughly 0.8 km you’ll find the Downer shopping centre with a café and veterinary clinic, a library, and the Dickson Centre precinct, all within a short walk.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s and even grew opium poppy during World War II; many of the large pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks.
The property is underlain by calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, part of the limestone plains that gave Canberra its early name.
Federally, Downer is in the electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party; in the ACT Legislative Assembly it is part of the Kurrajong electorate.
Sports and leisure options nearby include the National Hockey Centre (≈0.8 km), the local oval bounded by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets, and venues such as the Old Canberra Inn and Quality Hotel Dickson within 1 km.
