69 Lea Place, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jan 2019 | $920,000 | $1,061 |
Price per m² based on land size of 867 m².
69 Lea Place is a standalone house situated on a sizable block.
The house sits on a 867 m² parcel of land, offering ample outdoor space.
Within about 0.3 km you’ll find Dickson Library, 0.4 km to the Dickson Centre, and 0.5 km to Quality Hotel Dickson. The Swinden Street Metro station is roughly 0.6 km away, providing easy public transport access.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO, used during 1939‑1945 for opium poppy cultivation. Many of the large pine and gum trees in the area were planted at that time as wind‑breaks.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium – the limestone that gave Canberra its early name “Limestone Plains.”
Downer is part of the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne (Labor), and falls within the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Kurrajong.
A bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping centre, replacing an earlier piece that had gone missing.
