117 Maitland Street, Hackett ACT 2602, Australia
The house is located about 4.5 km (approximately 2.8 mi) north‑east of Canberra’s CBD, offering a short drive or bike ride into the city centre.
Within 1.5 km you’ll find several green spaces such as Calvert Park, Justice Robert Hope Park, Bill Pye Park, the Dickson District Playing Fields and Dickson Wetland, providing ample options for outdoor activities.
The suburb sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, which are overlain by Quaternary alluvium, and the higher eastern side rests on the lowest layer of the Ainslie Volcanics, a grey dacite with agglomerate and tuff.
Hackett is adjacent to Watson, Dickson and Ainslie and features a neighbourhood oval and a small shopping centre within the suburb itself.
Federally, Hackett is part of the Division of Canberra, represented by Alicia Payne. In the ACT Legislative Assembly it falls within the electorate of Kurrajong, which is currently represented by two Labor members, one Greens, one Liberal and one Independent.
Maitland Street is named after geologist Andrew Gibb Maitland, reflecting Hackett’s tradition of naming streets after notable scientists.
A bus shelter at Officer Crescent is about 1.4 km away, providing access to local bus routes that connect the area with the rest of Canberra.
