88 Blacket Street, Downer ACT 2602, Australia
88 Blacket Street is a standalone house set on a 940 m² block of land. The property offers ample outdoor space typical of a suburban home.
The land size is 940 m², providing a generous garden area and room for potential landscaping or extensions.
The property is close to several conveniences: Dickson Library (0.3 km), Dickson Centre (0.5 km), Quality Hotel Dickson (0.6 km), Swinden Street Metro station (0.7 km), and the Dickson Wetland (0.8 km). All are easily reachable on foot.
Downer was originally an agricultural research site for CSIRO in the 1930s and later grew opium poppies during World II. Many of the large pine and gum trees around the local shops date from that era, originally planted as windbreaks.
The site sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This reflects the limestone plains that gave Canberra its early name, 'Limestone Plains'.
Downer includes a local oval bordered by Frencham, Melba, Bonython and Bradfield Streets, and a shopping centre that now houses a café and a veterinary clinic. A bronze kangaroo sculpture, installed in 2019, adds a unique artistic touch to the area.
Downer falls within the federal electorate of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne of the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it is part of the Kurrajong electorate.
