21 Bowman Street, Macquarie ACT 2614, Australia
It is a house situated on a sizable 10,809 m² block. The generous land area provides ample space for outdoor activities or future development.
The Jamison Centre is about 0.2 km away, roughly a short walk from the house. This makes everyday shopping and services very convenient.
ACTION bus route 32 connects Macquarie with Belconnen Town Centre and Civic. The service provides easy access to the wider Canberra public‑transport network.
Big Splash waterpark is only 0.2 km away, offering a pool and outdoor water slide. The Canberra International Sports & Aquatic Centre is about 1.3 km away, and the Jamison Centre hosts a popular Sunday market.
Macquarie sits on greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation and is intersected by the Deakin Fault. The area also includes a porphyry of green‑grey dacitic intrusive rock and green‑grey rhyodacite from the Walker Volcanics.
Macquarie was gazetted on 22 June 1967 and is named in honour of Major‑General Lachlan Macquarie, a former Governor of New South Wales. Many streets in the suburb are named after his contemporaries.
According to the 2016 census, Macquarie had about 2,700 residents with an average age of 36, slightly above the Canberra average. Most dwellings are separate houses, which make up about 70 % of the housing stock.
