Downer
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Downer may refer to:
- Downer (surname)Downer (surname)People with the surname Downer include:* Alexander Downer, Sr. , John Downer's son and a former Australian Minister for Immigration* Alexander Downer , John Downer's grandson and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1996 and 2007* Alfred Wallace Downer, a Canadian politician* Billy...
, various persons of that name - Downer, Australian Capital TerritoryDowner, Australian Capital TerritoryDowner is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the city's inner north. The suburb is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue....
, a suburb of Canberra, Australia - Downer GlacierDowner GlacierDowner Glacier is a 2.6-mile-long glacier in the U.S. state of Alaska. Trends west with a length of , in Kora Keen Range, northwest of Valdez. It was named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin for the Milwaukee-Downer College for Women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
, Alaska - Downer, MinnesotaDowner, MinnesotaDowner is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.The community is located between Moorhead and Barnesville at the junction of Minnesota State Highway 9 and County Road 10 .Interstate 94 is nearby....
, an unincorporated community - Downer (soil)Downer (soil)Downer is the New Jersey state soil. The Downer has four soil horizons:*Surface Layer: dark grayish brown loamy sand*Subsurface layer: grayish brown sandy loam*Subsoil - upper: yellowish brown gravelly sandy loam...
, the New Jersey state soil - Downer (animal), a livestock animal that is to be killed because it cannot stand
- "Downer" (song), on the grunge band Nirvana's debut album Bleach
- Downers, slang for depressantDepressantA depressant, or central depressant, is a drug or endogenous compound that depresses the function or activity of a specific part of the brain...
drugs - Downer EDiDowner EDiDowner EDI is an Australian Stock Exchange Top-100 company that provides comprehensive engineering and infrastructure management services to the public and private transport, energy, infrastructure, communications and resources sectors, across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific...
, an Australian company - Downer Rail, an Australian railroad company
- Downer CollegeDowner CollegeDowner College was a women's college in Fox Lake, Wisconsin, chartered in 1855 and opening in September, 1856.-History:It was founded in 1854 as Wisconsin Female College under the auspices of the Wisconsin Baptist Convention to prepare women for missionary service. It was poorly funded, and was...
, a former women's college in Fox Lake, Wisconsin - Downer Methodist Episcopal ChurchDowner Methodist Episcopal ChurchDowner Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Monroe Township, New Jersey. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 2010.-References:...
, in Monroe Township, New Jersey, on the National Registry of Historic Places - Downer RowhousesDowner RowhousesThe Downer Rowhouses are two sets of Second Empire row houses that are back to back at 55 Adams Street and 192-200 Central Street, Somerville, Massachusetts. They have patterned slate roofs, carved stone lintels, and bracketed door hoods...
, two sets of row houses in Somerville, Massachusetts, both on the National Registry of Historic Places