Kenny is a designated suburb in the

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district of

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. The suburb is named in honour of Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian who pioneered muscle rehabilitation practices which serve as the foundation of

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. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Watson, Lyneham, the Mitchell industrial estate, Harrison and Throsby and bounded by the Federal Highway to the east and Horse Park Drive to the north. The suburb Kenny is situated about 4 km from the Gungahlin Towncentre and 8 km from the centre of

History

Portions of Kenny are occupied by the rural properties ''Bendoura'', and ''Canberra Park''. 'Canberra Park' was established by William Ginn, who previously worked for George Campbell, of Duntroon, and lived at Blundell's Cottage from 1859 The cottage named after a later resident George Blundell was located near to what was until the 1960s the Molonglo River and since then by

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. Ploughman William Ginn and his family were the first to live in the farmhouse, departing ten years later when they moved to 'Canberra Park'. Urban development within the suburb commenced in 2021, with construction beginning on an $85 million high school, catering for years 7 to 10. Opening in time for the 2024 school year, the facility was officially named Shirley Smith High School on 20 May of that year.

Facilities

The Bimberi Youth Justice Centre is located in Kenny. The facility houses 10-21 year olds on remand or serving a custodial sentence.

Transport

Kenny is served by the Well Station Drive station on the Canberra light rail network.

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bus route 18 deviates via the Bimberi Centre several times per day, connecting to Gungahlin and Dickson Interchange. The Bimberi Centre can also be reached by a short walk from

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is also available.

Geology

Located in the suburb is part of Sullivans Creek, which flows on into Mitchell. This is the lowest point at . The high side is on the east, with creeks flowing in the south west direction. The suburb is fairly flat. The geology of the area is

mudstone Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. Mudstone is distinguished from ''shale'' by its lack of fissility.Blatt, H., and R.J. Tracy, 1996, ''Petrology.'' New York, New York, ...

and

shale Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of Clay mineral, clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., Kaolinite, kaolin, aluminium, Al2Silicon, Si2Oxygen, O5(hydroxide, OH)4) and tiny f ...

from the Canberra Formation of middle

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age. Around the creeks is plenty of alluvium.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

References

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