Mary Poppins

It seems every city in Queensland has it's famous son or daughter and Maryborough is no exception.

Writing under the pseudonym of PL Travers, Helen Lyndon Goff wrote a series of 6 books about a prim British Nannie, Mary Poppins.

Local Historians in Maryborough discovered that Helen Goff born 1899, was the first daughter of the bank manager. She was born in the old bank building pictured.

The bronze statue of Mary Poppins is as the author portrayed her and not the Disney version which upset her greatly, although she became a millionaire from the royalties.

Strangely enough she was very reticent in regards to her link to Maryborough.