Kangaroo Tent City

Kangaroo Tent City was established in Sydney as a manufacturer of canvas products in 1949. The original business was at Camperdown - a three storey building still in existence today, focussing on both European and Australian made tents, and Australian made camping furniture. Kangaroo Tent City was the first frame tent manufacturer in Australia. Pro... ducing items such as marquees, tarps, flys and any other canvas manufacturing or alteration work as required. All types of canvas goods were made under the direct supervision of well-known canvas specialist at the time, Mr R Tierney. The business became well established and began importing a large range of camping related items such as European made canvas tents, Coleman coolers and lanterns, and camping furniture. In the late 1970's the business moved premises to the corner of Mallet St and Parramatta Rd Camperdown and remained at this location for almost 30 years. By this time Kangaroo Tent City had established itself as Sydney's premiere camping retailer and was the largest retailer of camping products in NSW. Tents and equipment were supplied to clients from all around Australia, as well as supplying government departments and the Australian Defence Forces. In the early 1980's a second store was opened in Mayfield near Newcastle. The Newcastle store was sold in the late 1980's. For the next 5 years the single store operation remained at Camperdown in Sydneys inner west. In 1991 a new store was opened at Penrith to cater for Sydney's greater west. In 1995, a third store was opened, this time in Tuggerah on the Central Coast. A fourth store was opened at Chatswood on Sydney's North Shore in November 2001. On December 21st, 2003 the head office store at Camperdown, which had been in this location for 30 years, was closed down and relocated to a new location at the corner of Church & Seville Streets, North Parramatta. In August 2007 Kangaroo Tent City at Maitland was opened to serve the customers of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. In September 2010, an exciting new ...Read More