5 Abbot Close, Palmerston ACT 2913, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Oct 1992 | $54,000 | $85 |
Price per m² based on land size of 630 m².
5 Abbot Close is a detached house featuring three bedrooms. It sits on a 630 m² block of land within the Palmerston suburb.
The property includes a 630 m² land area and provides three separate bedroom spaces. This offers ample room for a small family or shared living arrangements.
ACTION bus routes 21, 22, 23 and 24 travel along nearby Kosciuszko Avenue, giving direct connections to Gungahlin Town Centre, Franklin and Nicholls. The Gungahlin Place light‑rail station is about 1.7 km away.
The Gungahlin Enclosed Oval and the Gungahlin United Football Club are both roughly 1.3 km from the home. Nearby parks such as Ginninderra Park (1.4 km) and George Kemp Park (1.6 km) provide additional green space.
Marketplace Gungahlin, a regional shopping centre, is located about 1.7 km from the address. Small medical, shopping and community centres are situated within the centre of the Palmerston suburb itself.
Palmerston sits on the Canberra Formation, primarily composed of slaty shale and mudstone, with a notable ashstone layer that forms 75‑metre‑wide surface exposures. The area also includes faults such as the Winslade and Gungahlin faults that influence the local rock structures.
Palmerston was gazetted on 20 March 1991 and is named after George Thomas Palmer, an early settler who founded a settlement in the Canberra region in 1826. The suburb’s streets are named after Australian mountains, with the main artery being Kosciuszko Avenue.
