Ken and Hope Marland. NICK OVERALL shares the story of the remarkable woman remembered in the naming of a recently refurbished park in West Queanbeyan. HOPE Marland is one of Queanbeyan’s most iconic figures, serving as a councillor for 30 years and for upwards of 50 volunteering her time with local charities. She died in 2014 at age 91 and with the Hope Marland Park, in Queanbeyan West, being recently refurbished, daughter Jillian Thomas was keen to share some of her mother’s story. “She never stopped,” said Jill. “There was always something she was doing, a project or charity or job, some way she could help out.”