Travers goff5/29/2023 This has now been superseded by the Mary Register which our Association funded and donated to The Story Bank for Marys, Mary derivatives and foreign language equivalents to sign. The Mary name Registration Index operated for many years with each “Mary” paying an initial $5 to receive a Birthday Card and an annual Invitation to a Morning Tea on Festival Day. The Mary Poppins Group (later renamed The Proud Marys Inc) were originally formed to recognise Maryborough as the birthplace of P L Travers and celebrate her birthday on the 9th August each year.Īt the first “Birthday Afternoon Tea” in August 1999 it was suggested that we also recognise women or men with the Christian name of Mary or the derivatives. Councillor Anne Miller immediately saw the opportunities for Maryborough and with her aptitude for getting things done headed the introduction of the new group to the Maryborough public. Two of the people reading that article had helped a Brisbane-based journalist discover P.L.’s real name of Helen Lyndon Goff a couple of years earlier, realised the importance of the event and one took it to her local Maryborough Councillor. Travers would be celebrating her 100th birthday in August of that year. Proud Mary’s History by founding member Ann O’Loughlin.Įarly July 1999 an article was found in a Qantas Magazine revealing that P.L.
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