Market Street, Fremantle

Market Street Western Australia
General information
Type	Street
Length	0.45 km (0.3 mi)
Major junctions
NW end	Elder Place
	High Street, South Terrace
SE end	Collie Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)	Fremantle

Market Street, Fremantle is the location of the Fremantle Post Office in Fremantle, Western Australia. It commences opposite the Fremantle railway station, intersects with High Street, Fremantle and joins with South Terrace, Fremantle at an intersection with Bannister Street. The street was named with the intention of there being a market place at the current railway station site, however markets were never established.^[1]

View along Market Street

The National Hotel and Princess Theatre did later locate along the street.

John K. Ewers, a Western Australian poet and writer wrote a poem about the street in 1932 that included the following lines, no doubt reflecting on the people leaving or arriving at the railway station and the port:

The folk you meet in Market street are humble folk and grand...

The sights you see in Market street are stranger than a dream ^[2]

See also

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Notes

1. Ewers, John K. (1971). The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle (2nd ed.). Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press for the Fremantle City Council. p. 225. ISBN 085564 050 2.
2. "ORIGINAL VERSE.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 31 March 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 20 November 2012.

• Google (1 December 2012). "Market Street, Fremantle" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

Route map: Bing / Google