MELBA, Nellie
Also known as: née Helen Porter Mitchell, Nellie, Dame Nellie Melba
Born: 19/05/1861
Died: 23/02/1931
Special Achievements:Australia's greatest opera singer.
1911 - First Australian opera super star.
First Australian singer to be recorded on cylinder.
First performer in the world to have an opera broadcast live on radio (England).
1918 - Dame of the British Empire (DBE).
1927 - Awarded Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire (GBE).
1929 - Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.
2001 - Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
She made her first public appearance at the age of six, singing Shells of the Ocean.
The classic Australian dishes “Peach Melba” and “Melba Toast” were named after her.
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(1984/85, Summer). (article unknown). THIS AUSTRALIA, 50.
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Bowring, Pat. (1990, January 30). Australian Trivia. WOMAN’S DAY, 26-27.
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Rocciccioli, Roland. (date unknown). Dame Nellie Melba’s favourite car. (magazine unknown), page unknown.
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(2000). Melba – supreme soprano. John Mapps (editor), Australia's Yesterdays: The Illustrated Story of How We Lived, Worked and Played (165-169). Sydney, NSW, Australia: Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd.
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Image - Dame Nellie Melba
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Image - Dame Nellie Melba, 1861-1931
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Image - Dame Nellie Melba in the role of Rosina from the Barber of Seville
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Image - Nellie Melba, her father David Mitchell, and Nellie Paterson
Nellie Melba, her father, David Mitchell, and a young girl (Nellie's niece, Nellie Paterson), in Melbourne
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