70 A'beckett Street, Watson ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | May 2006 | $368,000 | $469 |
Price per m² based on land size of 784 m².
The property is a house with three bedrooms, one bathroom, and one parking space. It sits on a 784 m² block of land.
The EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station is about 1 km away, while Phillip Avenue, which also has a light‑rail stop, is roughly 0.4 km from the house.
Watson is served by ACTION bus routes R9 and 50, with route 53 on Antill Street, and the Canberra Light Rail line runs along Phillip Avenue connecting Civic to Gungahlin.
The suburb includes a local shopping centre, several television studios, motels, and the Canberra Technology Park, which houses the Academy of Interactive Entertainment.
Exhibition Park in Canberra is about 0.6 km away, the National Folk Festival site is roughly 0.8 km distant, and Canberra Racecourse is just 1 km from the property.
The ground consists of calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, overlain in places by Quaternary alluvium, and includes the limestone that gave Canberra its original name "Limestone Plains".
Watson was named after John Christian Watson, the third Prime Minister of Australia, and the name was officially gazetted on 7 April 1960.
