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Melba Dame Nellie

Dame Nellie Melba

Note card with reProduction of portrait of Dame Nellie Melba by Rupert Bunny in the National Gallery of Victoria, c. 1902. Melba attended Presbyterian Ladies College in East Melbourne.

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Georgian Court

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Newspaper clipping about the forthcoming sale on 12 Nov. 2003 of Georgian Court, 21-25 George Street The property was once the city base of Dame Nellie Melba and now a bed and breakfast run by singer and actor John Lidgerwood bed and breakfast. Photo.

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I am Melba

Biography of the opera singer.

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PLC clippings

Clippings from 1931 and 1932 Patchwork. Include House Notes and articles on The Late Dame Nellie Melba and Henry Handel Richardson. Illustrations of decorative furniture and joinery in Wyselaskie Hall. Photo of students at assembly in Wyselaskie Hall. Photo of Music Rooms (Koorinya). Also photo of student Jean Campbell who later became a writer under a nom-de-plume.

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