| Type: | town |
| Marlowe | |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -35.2992°N 149.8839°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New South Wales |
| Lga: | Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council |
| County: | St Vincent |
| Parish: | Marlowe |
| Region: | Southern Tablelands |
| Postcode: | 2622 |
| Pop: | 8 |
| Stategov: | Monaro |
| Fedgov: | Eden-Monaro |
| Dist1: | 24 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Braidwood |
| Dist2: | 96 |
| Dir2: | SW |
| Location2: | Nowra |
| Near-N: | Oallen |
| Near-E: | Tomboye |
| Near-Se: | Back Creek |
| Near-S: | Durran Durra |
| Near-Sw: | Larbert |
| Near-W: | Mayfield |
| Near-Nw: | Oallen |
Marlowe is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is bounded by the left bank of the Mongarlowe River and the right bank of the Shoalhaven River.[1] It lies on the road from Braidwood to Nowra about 24 km north of Braidwood and 96 km southwest of Nowra.[2] At the, it has a population of eight. It consists mainly of forest and grazing country. Marlowe includes the "rural place" and former village of Charleyong in a loop of the Mongarlowe River at -35.2492°N 149.9172°W.
The area now known as Marlowe lies on the traditional lands of the Walbanga people.[3]
The first mention of Marlowe (or 'Marlow') was in 1843, as one of the planned townships on the road from Braidwood to Jervis Bay.[4] Following the discovery of gold in the area, an informal settlement, originally known as Taylor's Village, arose around 1854; It was later known as Charleyong.[5] A site for a 'future village' was reserved in 1879, replacing the original village reserve of 1843.[6]
Charleyong experienced renewed prosperity around the turn of the 20th-century, when there was employment building the bridge and operating a gold dredge in the river.[7] The last gold dredge at Charleyong started operating in 1910 but was gone by 1913.[8] [9]
Marlowe had a state school from 1869 to 1906, from 1910 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1940, variously described as "provisional", "half-time" or "public". Up to June 1893 it was called Charleyong school and subsequently Marlow school.[10] There was another half-time school at Charleyong in 1928 and from 1930 to 1940.[11]
The village erected a new public hall in 1925[12] and there was still a post office there at the start of the 1950s, both now gone. There are remnants of a cricket ground and tennis courts—rebuilt in 1953—at Charleyong,[13] and the settlement's old cemetery.[14]
The old Charleyong bridge over the Mongarlowe River is an Allan truss bridge completed in 1901.[15] A reinforced concrete bridge opened on 9 March 2020 has replaced it. The old bridge is expected to be demolished, starting in early 2021,[16] despite some community opposition.[15]
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