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Maryborough's temprature averages from maximums of 30C in the summer and 22C in winter, with minimums of 20C in summer down to 9C in winter. Official monthy averages can be viewed here.
The Mary River was also named after Lady Mary. Over time the town has been a service town for many industries including wool, timber, gold mining and sugar.
The Mary River has such a wide mouth that at one stage Maryborough was nominated as possible capital city status before Brisbane.
It is also known for the building of locomotives and passenger train construction, firstly for many years as Walkers and now as EDI Rail.
Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane and 30 kilometres south west from Hervey Bay. This region is the fastest growing region on the east coast.
Maryborough has a population of approximately 26,000.
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Maryborough was founded in 1847, and was named after Lady Mary Lennox. It was proclaimed a municipality in 1861, and became a city in 1905.
During the 1800s, the city was a major port of entry to immigrants arriving in Queensland from all parts of the world.
Other notes of mention are that Maryborough is widely known as the heritage city due to the number of buildings that remain from the early history of Maryborough, with many fine examples to be found close to the CBD.

P.L.Travers was born in Maryborough. She is the author of Mary Poppins and there is a statue of Mary Poppins erected outside of her birthplace in the CBD precinct.

Maryborough is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, with the distinction of holding the biggest ever pub crawl with over 4,000 participants.

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