Marmong Street
In early times part of this street was named Wall Street. Often it was just called the 'back street'. Council said that the early plans for Marmong streets are missing. In early times, there was a wooden bridge over the mouth of Marmong Creek and a section of road used to be subject to flooding until the present concrete bridge was built.
A section of road runs alongside the swamp and one of the Aboriginal meanings of Marmong is 'a low swampy place'. The town's third shop owned by W. Kyle was here. Mrs Carpenter had a lending library and Miller's tennis court was along this street. Prior to 1936 the portion of Marmong Street known locally as 'the back street' was yet unformed. Three uniform paths made by horse and carts were all that signified a road.
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