Ashfield, statue
This bronze statue of "Mary Poppins" is located in Ashfield Park, in the inner west suburb of Ashfield. It is a memorial to Pamela Travers (P.L.Travers), the author of Mary Poppins who lived in the suburb before she left Australia permanently in 1924.
An interesting statue of the famous author. Greetings!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly does evoke her creation.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful statue in a lovely setting
ReplyDeleteA happy thing to memorialize!
ReplyDeleteLove this statue ~ great shot ~ ^_^ ~ Happy Week to you!
ReplyDeleteA ShutterBug Explores aka (A Creative Harbor)
I didn't know Travers was Australian. Well done, Pam
ReplyDeleteApparently she hid the fact that she was Australian and everyone assumed she was British.
DeleteWonderful bronze statue.
ReplyDeleteHow fun!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteCute statue.
ReplyDeleteWorth a Thousand Words
Great statue!
ReplyDelete...Jim, it's a beauty! How nice to have this reminder of a story that brought so much joy to readers. Thanks for the history lesson.
ReplyDeleteWhata great statue. Didn't realize the author had lived in Australia.
ReplyDeleteMARY POPPINS! In my top 5 favourite movies!
ReplyDeleteI've often likened myself to Mary Poppins- and guess what? It's raining! :) :)
ReplyDeleteVery lovely statue! Arianna
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