7 Becker Place, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
7 Becker Place is a house situated on a land parcel of 844 m². The sizable block provides ample space for a garden or outdoor activities.
The property is in the suburb of Downer, an inner‑north area of Canberra. Downer is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
The nearest Canberra Metro station on Swinden Street is about 0.3 km away, and the Dickson Interchange, another Metro hub, is roughly 0.9 km from the house.
Within approximately 0.8 km you’ll find the Dickson Library, the National Hockey Centre, and the Dickson Centre precinct, all offering a range of services and recreational options.
The local Downer shopping centre, recently refurbished with a new café and veterinary clinic, is nearby. A bronze kangaroo sculpture was also unveiled in May 2019 at the centre.
Downer sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This limestone base gave Canberra its original name ‘Limestone Plains’.
The area was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO in the 1930s and was used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II. Large pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks and remain a distinctive feature of the neighbourhood.
