MELBA
Nellie
19 May 1861 — 23 February 1931
AKA: née Helen Porter Mitchell, Nellie, Dame Nellie Melba
Additional Information
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.
Additional Information
- 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.
Resources
References
- (1984/85, Summer). (article unknown). THIS AUSTRALIA, 50.
- Bowring, Pat. (1990, January 30). Australian Trivia. WOMAN’S DAY, 26-27.
- Rocciccioli, Roland. (date unknown). Dame Nellie Melba’s favourite car. (magazine unknown), page unknown.
- (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.
Link - Melba, Nellie (1861 - 1931)
The Australian Women's Register
Link - Nellie Melba
Wikipedia
Link - Dame Nellie Melba sings Tosti's "Mattinata." 1904
YouTube
Link - Melba House
Mackay Region Visitor Information Centre
Link - Melba, Dame Nellie (1861–1931)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
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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