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Y I K E S !

It's the Mary Poppins' author's father's bank ... !!

Streetview (see Mary Poppins statue) - goo.gl/maps/zKUdjhUAKvN2

P. L. Travers -
"Helen Lyndon Goff, known within her family as Lyndon, was born on 9 August 1899 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Her mother, Margaret Agnes Goff (née Morehead), was Australian and the sister of Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Premier of Queensland from 1888 to 1890. Her father, Travers Robert Goff, was of Irish descent and born in 1864 at Queens Road, New Cross in the Borough of Deptford, south-east London, England[2]. He was unsuccessful as a bank manager due to his chronic alcoholism, and was eventually demoted to the position of bank clerk.[3] The family lived in a large home with servants in Maryborough until Lyndon was five years old, when they relocated to Allora in 1905. Two years later, Travers Goff died at home at the age of 43.[4]

Following her father's death, Goff, along with her mother and sisters, moved to Bowral, New South Wales, in 1907, living there until 1917.[5] She boarded at Loreto Girls School in Normanhurst, a suburb of Sydney, during World War I.[6]... "
From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._L._Travers

It was Travers' birthplace in 1899 - www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/birthplace-o...

In 2005 via Sophie18

beachcomber australia It's been a long time since I've played the Mary Poppins spotting game!
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The Maryborough School of Arts was constructed in 1887-8 to the design of Melbourne and Adelaide architect, John Grainger. The substantial two-storeyed rendered brick building replaced the first Maryborough School of Arts which was a small brick building constructed in 1861 soon after the establishment of a local School of Arts committee in 1860. The contract for the construction of the School of Arts was let on 1 March 1887 by local contractors, Jacob and John Rooney (J&J Rooney) and the final construction cost was £3500. The foundation stone for the building was laid on 3 June 1887 in an elaborate ceremony. The building is prominently located on Kent Street adjacent to the new City Council Chambers and opposite the 1906 Town Hall. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/5-heritage-listed-buildings-maryb...

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church was constructed in several stages and incorporates the first permanent Roman Catholic church in Maryborough started in 1869 to a design of Charles Tiffin. The building was enlarged in two major stages of construction, the first in 1884-5 to the design of FDG Stanley and then in 1936 to the design of local architect, POE Hawkes.[2] St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, as it became known, was completed and opened at a service conducted by Father Tissot on 4 February 1872. The building was constructed by local contractors G Smith and J Thomas under the supervision of WN Davidson. When completed, the church was described as Early English and of brick with stone quoining and detailing. The building had a steeply pitched gabled roof clad with shingles. Side aisles extended the length of the four-bay nave and these were lined with double lancets. The plan incorporated a small porch, chancel, and two sacristies. Father Tissot landscaped the grounds surrounding the church and provided the chancel screen and other timber paneling carved by himself. He is thought to have been involved with the design of the high altar and the carved timber canopy, or Baldacchino above the altar. Provision was made in the design for the extension of the church at a later date.[2] Source: en.wikipedia.org/?curid=40038147