Downer may refer to:
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Downer (surname)
Downer is an English and Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alec Downer (1910–1981), Australian politician and diplomat
* Alexander Downer (born 1951), Australian politician
* Alfred Wallace Downer (1904–1994), Canadian ...
, various persons of that name
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Downer, Australian Capital Territory
Downer is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the city's inner north. The suburb is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street and Philip Avenue.
The suburb was gazetted in 1960 and named after Sir John Downer (1844–1915) Premier of South A ...
, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
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Downer Glacier
Downer Glacier is a 2.6-mile-long (4.2 km) 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 M ...
, Alaska
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Downer, Minnesota
Downer 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 (90th Avenue South). Interstate 94
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, an unincorporated community
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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
*Subsoil - lower: yellowish bro ...
, the New Jersey state soil
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Downer (animal)
A downer is an animal, usually livestock, that cannot stand on its own and therefore is to be killed. A downed animal, one that is unable to stand, is not necessarily a downer. Causes
The animal's inability to stand may be caused by illness or ...
, a livestock animal that is to be killed because it cannot stand
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"Downer" (song), on the grunge band Nirvana's debut album ''Bleach''
* Downer, a
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band that released an album on
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock bands. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City.
History
The label was launched in 1980 in t ...
in 2001.
* Downers, slang for
depressant drugs
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Downer Group
Downer Group is an integrated services company active in Australia and New Zealand.
Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and New Zealand Stock Exchange as Downer EDI (DOW), Downer is an ASX 100 company.
Downer Group employs approximat ...
, an Australian company
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Downer Rail, an Australian railroad company
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Downer College Downer 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 m ...
, a former women's college in Fox Lake, Wisconsin
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Downer Methodist Episcopal Church, in Monroe Township, New Jersey, on the National Register of Historic Places
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Downer Rowhouses, two sets of row houses in Somerville, Massachusetts, both on the National Register of Historic Places
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