8 Wade Street, Watson ACT 2602, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Dec 2002 | $279,000 | $404 |
Price per m² based on land size of 690 m².
The property sits on 690 square metres of land. It provides a generous block for a house in Watson.
8 Wade Street is a standalone house. It is the primary residential structure on the site.
The residence is served by ACTION bus routes R9 and 50, with route 53 operating on Antill Street. Phillip Avenue is on the Canberra Light Rail line, and the EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station is about 1–2 km away.
Within roughly 1 km you’ll find Exhibition Park (a major showground), the former Starlight Drive‑In site, Justice Robert Hope Park, and the EPIC and Racecourse light‑rail station. The National Folk Festival venue is also about 1 km away.
Watson sits on calcareous shales of the Canberra Formation, overlain in places by Quaternary alluvium. The rock includes limestone that gave Canberra its original name “Limestone Plains”.
Watson was gazetted on 7 April 1960 and is named after John Christian Watson, the third Prime Minister of Australia.
Watson is bounded by the Federal Highway, Phillip Avenue and Antill Street. Traffic loads on these corridors have increased significantly with development in nearby Gungahlin, and some sections are projected to exceed capacity.
