75 Lea Place, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Sep 2013 | $682,400 | $589 |
Price per m² based on land size of 1158 m².
The home offers five bedrooms and two bathrooms, providing ample space for a large family or guests.
The house is situated on a 1,158 m² block, giving plenty of room for outdoor activities and landscaping.
Within about 0.3‑0.5 km you’ll find the Dickson Library, the Dickson Centre precinct, and the Quality Hotel Dickson, as well as a newly refurbished shopping centre with a café and a veterinary clinic.
The Swinden Street metro station is roughly 0.6 km away and the Dickson Interchange about 0.7 km away, providing convenient access to Canberra’s Metro network.
Downer originated as a CSIRO agricultural research site in the 1930s, was used for opium poppy cultivation during World War II, and retains large pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks. A bronze kangaroo sculpture was installed in the local shopping centre in 2019.
The suburb rests on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the limestone plains that gave Canberra its original name.
