Comet Man Mural
The Story Behind This Mural
An amateur astronomer from Maryborough, Mr Mervyn Jones, found an unnamed comet on 1 July 1967 at 6.15 pm. He was using binoculars to scan the western sky when he saw a misty object and immediately used his telescope to locate it. The comet was eventually named the Mitchell-Jones-Gerber Comet after the three people who registered seeing it on the same day throughout the world.
Contributors to this Mural
The Maryborough Mural Project relies entirely on the generosity of volunteers and sponsors from our local community. The artist’s commission was generously sponsored by the family of the astronomer depicted in the mural. The Committee would like to thank Mrs Jan Carlson, Ms Tracey Christoffel, Mr Mal Finlayson, Ms Tracey Gray, Ms Bronwyn Mendoza, Mrs Dawn Vanderwolf, Mr Rai Whitten and Mr Mark Williams for their time and expertise in coordinating this mural. We would also like to thank the following businesses for their kind and generous sponsorship of this mural:
Our featured sponsor is Earles Paint Place, Maryborough who have generously supported the Maryborough Mural Project since it’s inception and who have provided most of the paint and paint supplies needed to complete our murals. Without their generous and passionate support of the Project we would not have been able to achieve what we have to date. Earles continue to support and sponsor the project as a major contributor in helping to revitalise Maryborough through Art.