5 Don Place, Spence ACT 2615, Australia
5 Don Place is a stand‑alone house set on a generous 856 m² block of land. The sizable lot provides ample space for outdoor activities or future extensions.
Spence was originally named after William Spence, a founder of the Australian Workers' Union and early federal MP. In 2023 the suburb was co‑named to also honour suffragette Catherine Helen Spence.
The neighbourhood includes a CSIRO property about 1.2 km away, a local oval bordering Clarey Crescent, and the water tower on the suburb’s north‑west hill. A donation‑only café called “Coffee Corner” operates in the former school building, and the Tongan Community Centre is situated on Copland Drive.
A local shopping centre within Spence offers a butcher, hairdresser, baker, chemist, supermarket, and a petrol station, with a coffee shop inside the supermarket. Another set of shops, known as the Spence/Evatt Shops, is located on nearby Copland Drive.
For Australian federal elections, the property is in the Division of Fenner. In ACT Legislative Assembly elections, it lies within the Ginninderra electorate.
The suburb sits on Silurian‑age Hawkins Volcanics, featuring green‑grey dacite and quartz‑andesite in the centre and west, a green‑grey dacitic porphyry intrusive rock with white feldspar crystals in the south‑east, and a shale lens patch in the south‑central part.
