78 Melba Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Feb 1992 | $146,500 | $206 |
Price per m² based on land size of 708 m².
The property is a house with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, situated on a 708 m² block. It also includes one allocated parking space.
The house sits on a 708 m² land parcel, providing ample space for a garden or outdoor amenities.
The Swinden Street Metro station is about 0.8 km away, and the Dickson Interchange is roughly 1.3 km from the property, offering convenient access to the Canberra Metro network.
Downer has a local oval bounded by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets, as well as a shopping centre that was refurbished in the late 2010s and now houses a new café and veterinary clinic.
Within about 1 km you’ll find Exhibition Park in Canberra, and around 1.1 km are the Dickson District Playing Fields and Canberra Racecourse, providing options for sports and events.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the limestone origins of the original “Limestone Plains” name for Canberra.
Downer was originally an agricultural research facility for the CSIRO, used from 1939‑1945 as a poppy plantation for medicinal purposes. Many of the large pine and gum trees in the area date from that era.
