85 Atherton Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Feb 1993 | $127,000 | $198 |
| Sold | Jun 1990 | $104,000 | $162 |
Price per m² based on land size of 641 m².
85 Atherton Street is a house located on a 641 m² parcel of land.
The lot measures 641 square metres.
It is in the inner‑north suburb of Downer, which is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
The nearest Canberra Metro station is on Swinden Street, about 0.4 km away, and the Dickson Interchange is roughly 1 km distant.
Within about 0.9 km you’ll find the Dickson Library, Dickson Centre, and the National Hockey Centre, as well as Downer’s local oval and shopping centre.
The Old Canberra Inn is approximately 1 km away, Exhibition Park in Canberra is about 1.2 km distant, and the Canberra Racecourse lies roughly 1.1 km from the property.
Downer sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation overlain by Quaternary alluvium, reflecting the region’s historic limestone plains.
The suburb grew around a former CSIRO agricultural research facility from the 1930s, with historic pine and gum trees planted as windbreaks and a bronze kangaroo sculpture unveiled in the local shopping centre in 2019.
