Pamela Lyndon (P. L. Travers) Travers (1899–1996)
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Gaining Fame in London, Sunday Mail (Brisbane), 27 November 1927, p. 2
- Report on the Soviet Union: Human Beings Pawns , Advertiser (Adelaide), 13 March 1933, p. 8
- Interviews Irish President De Valera, Advertiser (Adelaide), 12 August 1933, p. 16
- Brings Back Mary Poppins, Australian Women's Weekly, 9 June 1982, p. 49
- Review of Mary Poppins, Courier-Mail, 8 October 1934, p. 18
- Profile of Her Life, Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 18 April 1945, p. 4
- Interviewed in Sydney Visiting Her Sisters, Australian Women's Weekly, 28 August 1963, p. 13
- Profile of Albert Einstein: Maker of Universes, Argus (Melbourne), 3 January 1931, p. 5
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Morehead, Boyd Dunlop (great-uncle)
- Moriarty, Barbara Ierne (sister)
Citation details
'Travers, Pamela Lyndon (P. L. Travers) (1899–1996)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/travers-pamela-lyndon-p-l-travers-35006/text, accessed 14 March 2026.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Goff, Helen Lyndon
Birth
9 August,
1899
Maryborough,
Queensland,
Australia
Death
23 April,
1996
(aged 96)
London,
Middlesex,
England
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
- Allora State School, Qld
- Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Girls (Bowral, NSW)
- Normanhurst girls school (Ashfield, Sydney)