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Once upon a time, a baby girl was born in the upstairs bedroom at the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Kent Street in Maryborough, Queensland. Her name was Helen Lyndon Goff, but she became known to the world as P.L. Travers, author of the Mary Poppins stories.
Transformed, The Story Bank - a bank that trades in stories. As you cross the threshold, you enter a world where fantasy and fact intertwine. Tales and yarns, myths and legends, memories and stories - share in their retelling and their creation.
Discover Maryborough's unique connection with P.L. Travers - the story of her life, her family, the influences on her writings and the retelling of her stories.
Inside there are stories from our earliest storytellers, the Butchulla people, in the Yarning Circle.
‘The Legends of Moonie Jarl’ was first published in 1964 and is the first Australian children’s book of Aboriginal stories to be written and illustrated by Aboriginal people: Butchulla siblings Moonie Jarl (Wilf Reeves) and Wandi (Olga Miller).
Amenities
Internet Access
Free Wifi
Facilities
Enquiry Desk
Family Friendly
Gallery / Museum
Interactive Centre
Interpretive Centre
Lawn / Gardens
Non Smoking
Public Toilet
Shop / Gift Shop
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
- Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone
- Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
- Accept the Companion Card
- Train your staff in disability awareness
- Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)
- Ask all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
The Story Bank
331 Kent Street,
Maryborough,
Fraser Coast Area
Queensland
4650
Content Provided By Cultural Services Fraser Coast Regional Council