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Dame Nellie Melba
singer
1861 - 1931
(Helen Mitchell)

 

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Melba Park in Lilydale with Melba Museum in the background.

A bust of Nellie Melba can be seen on the facade of Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne.

 

Melba on the $100 note
Melba as she appears on the $100 note

"I don't care what you say , for me or against me, but for heaven's sake say something about me"
Dame Nellie Melba to Sir Edward Cunningham of the Argus


Plaque on the site of Melba's birthplace - Doonside in Richmond

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