78 Hicks Street, Red Hill ACT 2603, Australia
78 Hicks Street is a detached house. It is a standalone residential building typical of the Red Hill suburb.
The house is roughly 0.8 km from the Red Hill ridge, the suburb’s primary nature park. This provides easy access to walking tracks and bushland.
Navigators Park is about 0.2 km away, Voyager Park around 0.5 km, and both Rocky Knob Park and Janzs Park are within 0.9 km. Willem Janszoon Commemorative Park is just over 1 km from the residence.
Calthorpes' House, a heritage‑listed 1927 Spanish‑Mission style home, is approximately 1.6 km away. The historic Red Hill Camp site at the intersection of Flinders Way, Durville Crescent and Hayes Crescent is also nearby.
Red Hill ridge is an erosion‑residual formed from metamorphosed Yarralumla Formation sediments, producing the characteristic terra rossa red soils. A deep‑weathered granite tonalite intrusion underlies the nearby Federal Golf Course, contributing to the rugged landscape.
The suburb was named after the red‑soil hill that dominates the ridge and was gazetted in 1928. Early land sales began in 1924, and the area’s streets honor ships and explorers, reflecting its historic planning by Walter Burley Griffin in 1918.
