Centenary pilgrimage to grave [manuscript]. 1961.

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Centenary pilgrimage to grave [manuscript]. 1961.

A pilgrimage to the grave of Dame Nellie Melba on Sunday February 26th 1961, on the centenary of her death. This document contains the signatures of the people who attended the Lilydale Cemetery. The signatures were obtained at the graveside on the above date.

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Libraries Australia

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Royal Historical Society of Victoria

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Melba, Nellie

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Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell. In 1882 she married Charles Nesbit Frederick Armstrong, who died in 1948. From the description of Papers concerning Mitchell and Armstrong families [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791512 Mrs Helen Porter Armstrong, soprano singer, was born in, and derived her non de plume from Melbourne. She first appeared in opera in 1887 after concentrating for many years on her piano playing and made her final appearance in...

Lilydale Cemetery (Lilydale, Vic.)

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