74 Blacket Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Feb 2022 | $965,000 | $1,965 |
Price per m² based on land size of 491 m².
The house offers three bedrooms and one bathroom, providing space for a small family or roommates.
It sits on a 491 m² block, offering a modest garden or outdoor area typical for inner‑north Canberra homes.
The Dickson Library is just 0.1 km away, the Dickson Centre is about 0.3 km, and the Quality Hotel Dickson is roughly 0.4 km, all easily reachable on foot.
Yes, a bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the local shopping centre, replacing an earlier piece that had gone missing.
Downer was originally a CSIRO agricultural research site, used during 1939‑1945 for opium poppy cultivation, and many of the large pine and gum trees were planted then as windbreaks.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the original "Limestone Plains" of the region.
The house is in the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne (Labor), and in the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Kurrajong.
