28 moments

1. Birth at the Australian Joint Stock Bank

   1899-08-09 · Australian Joint Stock Bank Building, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

   Helen Lyndon Goff, later P. L. Travers, was born in Maryborough, Queensland. Coordinates identify the documented former Australian Joint Stock Bank building, her birthplace.

2. Family relocation to Brisbane

   1902-01-01 · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

   As a small child, Goff relocated with her family from Maryborough to Brisbane. Settlement-level coordinates; the source does not identify a Brisbane address.

3. Move to Allora

   1905-01-01 · Allora, Queensland, Australia

   Goff returned from a stay in Sydney and moved with her family to Allora later that year. Settlement-level coordinates; the move is dated only to later in 1905.

4. Attendance at Allora Public School

   1906-01-01 · Allora State School, Allora, Queensland, Australia

   Goff attended school in Allora during her family's Queensland residence. Coordinates identify the present Allora State School site.

5. Family move to Bowral

   1907-01-01 · Bowral, New South Wales, Australia

   After her father's death, Goff moved with her mother and sisters to Bowral in New South Wales. Settlement-level coordinates; the family's cottage address is not specified.

6. Boarding at Normanhurst School

   1912-01-01 · Normanhurst School, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

   Goff began boarding at Normanhurst School in Ashfield, where she developed a strong interest in theatre. Coordinates identify the school locality in Ashfield.

7. Residence on Pembroke Street

   1918-01-01 · 40 Pembroke Street, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

   

   Travers lived at 40 Pembroke Street in Ashfield during the period in which she began her adult working and stage life. Date marks the beginning of a residence documented as lasting through 1924.

8. Return to Sydney theatrical troupe

   1922-01-01 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

   

   After touring, Travers was back with Allan Wilkie's troupe in Sydney by April 1922. Settlement-level coordinates; the troupe's particular Sydney venue is not specified.

9. Settlement in London

   1924-01-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

   

   Travers left Australia for England and established herself in London, beginning the British phase of her literary career. The departure day is known, but the source does not give her London arrival day; date is therefore year-level.

10. Meeting George William Russell in Ireland

    1925-01-01 · Ireland

    While in Ireland, Travers met the poet and Irish Statesman editor George William Russell, who published her poems. Representative coordinates for Ireland; the source does not specify a town.

11. Cottage near Mayfield

    1930-01-01 · Near Mayfield, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    Travers and Madge Burnand rented a cottage near Mayfield, East Sussex, a setting associated with the development of Mary Poppins. Coordinates are a representative point near Mayfield; the cited account does not give the cottage's exact address.

12. Organised Soviet Union tour

    1932-01-01 · Soviet Union

    Travers visited the Soviet Union on an organised tour, experiences that informed her later account Moscow Excursion. Representative Moscow coordinates only; the source establishes travel in the Soviet Union but does not identify a specific itinerary or city.

13. Writing Mary Poppins in Sussex

    1933-01-01 · Pound Cottage, near Mayfield, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    At the Sussex cottage, Travers began writing Mary Poppins during the winter of 1933. Coordinates are representative for Pound Cottage's documented vicinity near Mayfield; winter is not expressible more precisely in the required date format.

14. Adoption journey in Ireland

    1939-01-01 · Ireland

    Travers travelled to Ireland and adopted Camillus, who became her son. Representative coordinates for Ireland; no town is named.

15. Wartime residence in New York

    1940-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

    Travers brought Camillus to the United States during the Second World War and lived in a New York apartment while making broadcasts for the Office of War Information. City-level coordinates; the apartment address is not identified.

16. Stay in New Mexico

    1943-01-01 · New Mexico, United States

    Travers spent several weeks in New Mexico while seeking peace and engaging with Indigenous cultural and spiritual traditions. Representative state coordinates; the source does not name a locality.

17. Summer among Navajo communities in Arizona

    1944-01-01 · Arizona, United States

    Travers spent part of the summer of 1944 in Arizona during a five-month period devoted to landscape, Navajo culture, and spirituality. Representative state coordinates; the evidence establishes Arizona and New Mexico but no specific community or dates within the summer.

18. Summer among Navajo communities in New Mexico

    1944-01-01 · New Mexico, United States

    Travers also spent part of the summer of 1944 in New Mexico during the same five-month stay in the Southwest. Representative state coordinates; the evidence establishes Arizona and New Mexico but no specific community or dates within the summer.

19. Postwar settlement in Chelsea

    1945-01-01 · Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    After returning to England at the end of the war, Travers settled in Chelsea, London, where she continued her writing career. Chelsea-level coordinates; the source's wording "soon" does not support a more precise arrival date.

20. Disney negotiations in Los Angeles

    1961-01-01 · Los Angeles, California, United States

    Travers arrived in Los Angeles from London for negotiations with Walt Disney and agreed to sell the Mary Poppins film rights. City-level coordinates; the airport and meeting venues are not specified.

21. Visit to sisters in Sydney

    1963-01-01 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    

    Travers made her only documented return visit to Australia, briefly visiting her sisters in Sydney. Settlement-level coordinates; the sisters' address is not specified.

22. Television interview in New York

    1964-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

    Travers was interviewed by Virgilia Peterson for the television programme All Things Considered in New York. The archival catalogue gives summer 1964 but not a day or venue; city-level coordinates are used.

23. Radcliffe College conversation

    1965-01-01 · Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    During her Radcliffe writer-in-residence period, Travers was recorded in conversation with students at Radcliffe College. The catalogue dates the recording to November or December 1965; required date format permits year only.

24. Radcliffe College interview

    1966-01-15 · Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Travers took part in a recorded group interview at Radcliffe College in Cambridge. Coordinates identify the Radcliffe College area in Cambridge.

25. Lecture at Smith College

    1966-10-07 · Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

    Travers delivered the lecture Myth, Fairy Tale and Mary Poppins at Smith College. Coordinates identify Smith College.

26. College radio interview in Amherst

    1966-11-01 · Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

    Travers was interviewed for College Radio Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts. The archival catalogue supplies month but not a day; it calls the institution "Amherst University."

27. Clark Lecture at Scripps College

    1970-02-12 · Scripps College, Claremont, California, United States

    Travers gave the Clark Lecture, In Search of the Hero: The Continuing Relevance of Myth and Fairy Tale, at Scripps College in Claremont. Coordinates identify Scripps College, the venue indicated by the archival finding aid's Clark Lecture entry.

28. Death at Chelsea home

    1996-04-23 · Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom

    

    Travers died at her Chelsea home in London at age ninety-six. Coordinates represent the Chelsea residence area; the cited biography does not state a street address in this sentence.