The Story Bank Maryborough in Maryborough, Queensland | Landmark & historical place

The Story Bank Maryborough

Locality: Maryborough, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 4123 7221

Address: 331 Kent Street 4650 Maryborough, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.storybankmaryborough.com.au

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25.01.2022 Looking for some practically perfect fun this school holidays? The Story Bank is open Monday to Saturday from 10am - 2pm. Bookings are essential, to book please call (07) 4123 7221.

25.01.2022 Celebrating one year of magic at The Story Bank Maryborough! On this magical day one year ago today, the old Australian Joint Stock Bank in #Maryborough was ...officially transformed into The Story Bank. Did you know? #MaryPoppins author PL Travers, was born here at #VisitFraserCoast, in the little room upstairs... Experience the magic of the book, displays covering Travers’ life work, plus the inspiration to write your own stories at The Story Bank Maryborough. The practically perfect in every way to spend these school holidays! Bookings are essential. Plus, don't forget to add #TheStoryBank to your #FraserCoastBucketList, and we could be sending you there for free! visitfrasercoast.com/bucket-list/ #ThisisQueensland

24.01.2022 This is a very exciting project and we look forward to exhibiting all of the films created by drama students from around the region when completed. Special thanks to Noosa Film Academy.

23.01.2022 Lovely to see Daniel and Brett from QTIC visit The Story Bank during their visit to the Fraser Coast.

21.01.2022 Thank you for visiting and the lovely review Eat drink and be Kerry!

21.01.2022 Want to enjoy one last day of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious fun before heading back to school? The Story Bank is open on Monday for the Queen's Birthday Public Holiday from 10am - 2pm. Bookings are essential, to book please call (07) 4123 7221.

18.01.2022 On a cool evening 98 years ago, Wednesday 12 July 1922, a very special event was occurring on stage at Maryborough City Hall. On that night, Allan Wilkie’s tra...velling Shakespeare company was performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With a tireless work ethic, Allan Wilkie made a tremendous contribution to theatre in Australia and New Zealand. Throughout the 1920s his travelling theatre company performed thousands of times in country towns and capital cities. Over the years they would perform 27 of Shakespeare’s plays. They were greatly anticipated wherever they went and much appreciated by audiences. There was a great deal of excitement associated with this visit to Maryborough. On the Tuesday night they performed The Taming of the Shrew, but most of the acclaim was for the Wednesday night performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the centuries that have passed since it was written and first performed in the 1590s, it has been heralded as one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. Amongst the travelling thespians there was one actress who had a particular interest in the Maryborough visit: P.L. Travers. Twenty-two years earlier, she had been born a few blocks away in the Kent Street residence above the bank where her adored father was the manager - which is now The Story Bank Maryborough. A dozen years after this return to her hometown, she would publish the first of her Mary Poppins books. Travers’ role that night on our stage was that of Titania; the queen of the fairies. The reviews in the Maryborough Chronicle the following day were glowing, stating that Travers was charmingly graceful as Titania and her lines flowed musically from her lips. The paper referred to her costume as a flimsy transparent dress composed of three shades of ninon, with delicate gauze wings. In the Tuesday night performance of The Taming of the Shrew, Travers had a smaller role: that of a bridesmaid, and her costume was described as a beautiful gown of rose pink with puffed sleeves and rose pink tabard trimmed with silver. She wore a sequin band round her hair. Other roles that Travers was playing at this time included one of the witches in Macbeth and Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice. Five years later, having moved to London to pursue her writing career, and living near the Inns of Court, she would write back to Australia: Occasionally I see the flying black cloak of a barrister going past my window, and then I remember myself as Nerissa in Merchant of Venice The success of the visit to Maryborough with large, fashionable and appreciative audiences was described by one local critic as gratifying evidence of the existence in this city of a taste for high class dramatic art that needs only such an opportunity as this to become manifest. The experience of the travelling so widely, performing so frequently and learning the lines written by the famous Bard would certainly have helped shape the mind and outlook of the young Travers. Writers and storytellers help to define, shape and direct our culture. Both Travers and Shakespeare have in their own ways contributed greatly to how we see the world. See more

17.01.2022 Artisans of Storytelling... Meet the creators of the beautiful sculptures of The Bird Lady, Mary Poppins and Jane & Michael - Mark Snell and Jane Bailey from Lavaworx.

16.01.2022 Lovely to have Aussie media personality Vanessa O'Hanlon back writing for us, and what a wonderful story to kick things off! The Mary Poppins Festival in July e...ach year sees brollie wielding nannies descend on the Queensland city of Maryborough, where Poppins author P. L. Travers was born. The Story Bank Maryborough multimedia museum opened in 2019 and is a magical homage to Travers and her famous character. #seeaustralia #maryborough #thisisqueensland

15.01.2022 Storytelling through quilt making. "Just like a picture book story, the more you look at the quilt, the more you will see. Discover the story for yourself." Helen Stark. On display at The Story Bank. https://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/story-bank

11.01.2022 It was pleasure to have the Year 7 students from Riverside visit us last Friday and to see the amazing work the teachers and staff at Riverside have put into enriching their students curriculum. Would love to have you all back again!

11.01.2022 Have you found the adorable mice hidden in the Story Bank? Local Artist April Spadina Art has brought to life 20 delightful mice, be sure to look in the Children's Street Libary nestled in our Mary's Garden to find the newest mouse family member. April has also created some enchanting artworks on display in the library of inspiration AND has an exhibtion of artwork in the Story Bank Gallery - So many new things to see this school holidays.

07.01.2022 The greatest time in Maryborough this morning! If your heading to the Fraser Coast these school holidays you MUST visit the The Story Bank Maryborough ! The ...kids & big kids will love it!!! Grab your Portside Pass here - www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/Portside/Tours-and-Experiences #storybankmaryborough #marypoppins #storytelling Visit Fraser Coast See more

04.01.2022 Walking tours resume and local attractions open for longer Free guided walking tours of #Maryborough resume today for the first time since March while ...local tourist attractions the Bond Store Maryborough and The Story Bank Maryborough are now open seven days a week again. The free guided walking tours resume today and are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays departing from Maryborough City Hall at 9am. Numbers are limited to six people per tour with visitors encouraged to wear enclosed shoes and comfortable clothing, and to bring a water bottle, sunscreen and a sun smart hat. Bookings are essential via the Maryborough Visitor Information Centre at City Hall on 1800 214 789.

03.01.2022 The Story Bank is now open again Sundays! Pop in between 10am and 2pm everyday to experience the magic of Mary Poppins.

03.01.2022 "When the world turns upside down, the best thing to do is turn right along with it." - Mary Poppins. Quote from the Disney movie - Mary Poppins Returns. The Story Bank is re opening this Saturday 13 June! Opening hours - Monday to Saturday from 10am - 2pm. Bookings are essential - call 4123 7221... https://www.ourfrasercoast.com.au/story-bank