8 Kerferd Street, Watson ACT 2602, Australia
8 Kerferd Street is a detached house. It sits on a sizable block, offering a standalone residence in the suburb of Watson.
The property occupies 839 m² of land. This provides ample outdoor space for gardening, recreation, or future development.
ACTION bus routes R9 and 50 run through Watson, with route 53 on nearby Antill Street. Phillip Avenue also hosts the Canberra Light Rail line, giving easy access to Civic and Gungahlin.
Residents are close to Justice Robert Hope Park (about 0.6 km) and the former Starlight Drive‑In site (around 0.9 km). Exhibition Park in Canberra and the Dickson District Playing Fields are also within roughly 1–2 km.
The suburb contains the site of the historic Starlight Drive‑In cinema and the former Canberra Hog Farm. Prime7 television studios and a BP service station are also notable nearby amenities.
Watson sits on calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation, often overlain by Quaternary alluvium. This reflects Canberra’s original nickname, the ‘Limestone Plains.’
Watson is bounded by the Federal Highway, Phillip Avenue and Antill Street. It was gazetted on 7 April 1960 and named after Australia’s third Prime Minister, John Christian Watson.
