Start your day with A Mary Morning Tea

Sunday 4 July 10am - 11am

Join the Proud Marys for a Mary Morning Tea, meet the Mary Poppins Characters and enjoy a morning of entertainment featuring Vince Henderson on the Bagpipes, Tracy Wright and the Maryborough Youth Choir and Fraser Coast Calesthenics.

Every one is welcome to enjoy morning tea catered by the Proud Marys for a gold coin donation. Anyone named 'Mary' is welcome to a free cuppa!

More about the Proud Marys

The Proud Marys is an association for women all over the world whose name contains the name Mary or any derivative of Mary.

The group was launched in Maryborough in 1999 after it was found that the author of "Mary Poppins" was born in Maryborough.

Group founder Anne Miller said the aim of the Proud Marys is to collect, document and display notable Marys from throughout history and the present day, with a special focus on Mary Poppins.

In 2005, the Proud Marys co-ordinated a public campaign to raise money for a statue to honour the literary success of Maryborough born Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers - after many frustrating and unsuccessful attempts to secure a grant for the artwork. In only a few short months, the Maryborough community raised the $55,000 for the statue.

Today the statue stands proudly on the corner of Kent and Richmond Streets in Maryborough outside the heritage listed former bank building where Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers was born in 1899.

The Proud Marys’ annual get-together for members in the form of a "Mary Morning Tea" is held each year at the Mary Poppins Festival in the Park.