Man in the Moon
The Story Behind This Artwork
Artist: Terry Tomlin
Location: First floor, Maryborough Library, 127-129 Bazaar St
Author of the Mary Poppins book series, Pamela Lyndon Travers, was born Helen Lyndon Goff in the former Australian Joint Stock Bank in Maryborough’s Central Business District on 9 August 1899.
The location is marked by a bronze statue of the beloved character and pedestrian lights featuring fun Mary Poppins silhouettes. Goff grew up in the Australian bush before attending boarding school in Sydney.
She migrated to England at the age of 25 and began writing Mary Poppins in 1933 under the pen name P.L. Travers. In Mary Poppins and the House Next Door, she says everything that is lost on earth is up on the moon and the man on the moon is the keeper.
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.