82 Melba Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
82 Melba Street is a house situated on a 748 m² land parcel.
The property sits on a land area of 748 square metres.
The nearest metro station is on Swinden Street, about 0.8 km away, and the Dickson Interchange is roughly 1.3 km from the house.
A local oval bordered by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets is within the suburb, and the Dickson District Playing Fields and Canberra Racecourse are each about 1.1 km away.
Downer’s shopping centre, recently refurbished with a new café and veterinary clinic, is in the neighbourhood, and the larger Dickson Centre precinct is about 1.1 km distant.
A bronze kangaroo sculpture was unveiled in May 2019 near the Downer shopping precinct, and Exhibition Park in Canberra, a major showground, lies roughly 1 km away.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the original ‘Limestone Plains’ of Canberra.
Downer is part of the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne (Labor), and falls within the ACT Legislative Assembly electorate of Kurrajong.
