Mary Poppins - Bowral, NSW
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S 34° 29.013 E 150° 25.485
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A brass sculpture of Mary Poppins stands in Glebe Park, Bowral.
Waymark Code: WMN3XV
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 12/21/2014
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The sculpture displays a typical pose as she floats into the air. The sculpture itself honours the late P. L. Travers (her pen name, born Helen Lyndon Goff) an Australian-British novelist who wrote a series of children's books about the mystical and magical English nanny Mary Poppins.
Helen Goff was born in Maryborough in Queensland in 1899, moved to Allora (QLD) in 1905 then upon the death of her father, moved to Bowral in 1907 where she remained until 1917. She died in 1996.
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A polished brass plaque on the base of the statue states:
Mary Poppins Birthplace Statue
Sculptor Tanya Bartlett
2013 Bowral Sesquicentenary
A century since author P. L. Travers lived in our town.
Although the books were popular Mary Poppins became known to the world through the movie of the same name, produced by Walt Disney in 1964. Julie Andrews played the part of Mary Poppins.
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