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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Megan Doherty

Remembering the time when Kambah was a farm, not a suburb

If you visit the area around the Kambah Adventure Playground, you will find remnants of Kambah Station, a grand cattle station whose owners were part of Canberra society, hosting parties, racing horses and rambling across the then vast property, with not another house in sight.

Sim and Judy Bennet were a glamorous couple who raised three children, Suzun, Sim Junior and Stephen, on the property before it was resumed in 1970 to develop the first suburbs of Tuggeranong.

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