Named afterThe name "Kwong Alley" (also spelt "Quong" in some documents, probably incorrectly) is frequently recalled by long term residents of North Fremantle. The fertile Pensioners Guards allotments were used for intensive horticulture in the form of market gardens. Originally cultivated by the Pensioners Guards, the gardens were continued by Chinese market gardeners. In the 1950s the town of Fremantle was entirely supplied with milk from the pensioner Village of North Fremantle. The markets continued through until the 1940s. Current research has uncovered little documentary evidence relating to this period of settlement and physical evidence has all but been obliterated. The North Fremantle Community Map indicated that the presence of this activity remains in living memory of some local residents. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the name refers to a track, road or area where the market gardens were. One such gardener was apparently named - Jack Kwong. The track or road was named "Kwong Alley" most probably a colloquial term and was further derived as "Pong Alley" because of the smells associated with rich alluvial soils, animal manure and later the industrial activities such as the wool scourers, tanneries and shoe manufacturing.DescriptionLandgate Approved 14 May 1996
