Fraser Coast Chronicle

How Poppins legacy is helping history go down at school

These Year 7 students are in a class many may wish they’d been in.

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10th Oct. 2020 3:10 AM

Riverside Christian College Year Seven students Anna Hoffman and Gideon van Huysteen with teacher JT Foody. Photo: Stuart Fast

Fraser Coast Poppins Festival

Maryborough streets come alive every July with all the colourful characters from Mary Poppins.

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27th June 2020 7:06 AM

Bert (Willy Paes) and Maryborough's Mary Poppins (Carmel Murdoch) next to one of his chalk drawings - "Every goose is a swan", from the Mary Poppins books.

POPPINS MAGIC: Bright idea for CBD lights still shines

The project attracted attention from across Australia and the world

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17th June 2020 6:06 PM

Mary Poppins themed lights at Kent and Richmond Sts in Maryborough.

Imagine giant street party

Imagine if Mary Poppins, Easter Bunny and Santa all came together at one big party in the Maryborough CBD.

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05th May 2020 12:05 PM

Could Mary Poppins meet Easter Bunny and Santa in the Maryborough CBD when coronavirus restrictions are lifted? Organisers are asking for ideas.

Chance to see how Mary's Garden grows

Maryborough's newest tribute to its famous daughter continues to bloom

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09th Aug. 2019 6:08 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Proud Mary members Anne O'Loughlin and Carmel Murdoch at the opening of Mary's Garden, coinciding with the 120th anniversary of PL Travers' birth.

Opening of the Storybank Rose Garden in Maryborough

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09th Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

Youngsters to put pen to paper

IT'S BEEN 20 years since the Proud Mary Association put together the nation's richest children's writing competition

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07th Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

BOOK WORM: Emily Elford, 12, won the Proud Mary's Association's Mary Poppins Literary Competition last year sparking her encourage other young writers to enter.

Proud Marys mark 20 years at Poppins Day in the Park

Councillor David Lewis then officially opened this year's Mary Poppins Literary Competition.

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08th July 2019 12:07 AM

Taylor Dunn looked the part during the Day in the Park event.

POPPINS FEST: M'boro's Story Bank set to be tourism drawcard

The Story Bank has been a labour of love for the Fraser Coast Regional Council.

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07th July 2019 6:07 PM

GRAND PARADE: (Front from left) Adele, 4, Zaea, 8, and Ivy Miller, 7, and (back from left) Skye Miller, Vanessa Priebe, Kathy Janovsky and Jamie Miller got all dressed up for the day.

PRACTICALLY PERFECT: Poppins Day in the Park a great success

The event was well attended despite the rain during the day.

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06th July 2019 5:07 PM

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