Dame Nellie Melba
singer
1861 - 1931
(Helen Mitchell)
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Melba Park in Lilydale with Melba Museum in the background.
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A bust of Nellie Melba can be seen on the facade of
Her Majesty's Theatre,
Melbourne.
Melba as she appears on the $100 note
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"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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