25 Scarlett Street, Melba ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Apr 1996 | $125,000 | $140 |
| Sold | Dec 1990 | $96,000 | $108 |
Price per m² based on land size of 887 m².
It is a standalone house set on a sizable 887 m² block of land.
The residence is in the suburb of Melba, which forms part of Canberra’s Belconnen district in the Australian Capital Territory.
Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931), the first internationally recognized Australian opera soprano.
The Melba Tennis Club with eight courts borders the local playing fields, and George Simpson Park is just about 1‑2 km away, offering open green space for leisure.
For Australian federal elections it falls within the Division of Fenner, and for ACT Legislative Assembly elections it is in the Ginninderra electorate.
The suburb contains green‑grey dacitic intrusive rock with large white feldspar crystals, dacitic tuff from the Hawkins Volcanics, purple rhyodacite from the Deakin Volcanics, and the Deakin Fault runs through the locality.
It lies roughly 1 km from the neighbouring suburbs of Evatt and Flynn, about 1.7 km from Florey and Spence, and around 2 km from McKellar. A weather station on Verbrugghen Street is about 0.5 km away, and the National Health Co‑op in Evatt is approximately 1.7 km distant.
