8 Buckman Place, Melba ACT 2615, Australia
8 Buckman Place is a standalone house situated on a 748 m² block of land. The generous lot size provides ample outdoor space for gardening or leisure.
The property is in Melba, a residential suburb of Canberra’s Belconnen district. Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba, Australia’s first internationally‑renowned opera soprano.
All streets in Melba honour musicians and other notable Australian figures with strong connections to music, reflecting the suburb’s cultural theme.
For Australian federal elections the address falls within the Division of Fenner. In ACT Legislative Assembly elections it is part of the Ginninderra electorate.
Melba contains a variety of volcanic rocks, including green‑grey dacitic intrusive porphyry with large feldspar crystals, dacitic tuff from the Hawkins Volcanics, and purple rhyodacite of the Deakin Volcanics, intersected by the Deakin Fault.
George Simpson Park is about 0.6 km away, offering open green space for picnics and exercise. The Melba Tennis Club, with eight courts, is located adjacent to the suburb’s playing fields, providing easy access to tennis.
The MELBA weather station on Verbrugghen Street is approximately 0.2 km from the property, giving very local climate data.
Within about 2 km you’ll find Flynn, Charnwood, Evatt, Florey, Latham, Fraser and Spence, all of which are part of the Canberra metropolitan area.
