born on 9 August 1906 at Maryborough in Queensland
My name is P. L. Travers and I represent ‘Nature’s gifts’ because I wrote
the Mary Poppins books, which is a little surprising because they are all about an English
nanny. Mary Poppins became famous when Walt Disney’s movie studio made a film based
on my books in the 1960s; however, my first Mary Poppins story was published in 1934.
1901-2001 Centenary of
Federation