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Happy 160th birthday Dame Nellie Melba: 5 surprising facts about the canny songstress | Australian Arts Review
![Dame Nellie Melba Museum – Dame Nellie Melba was the first Australian-born Diva to conquer the opera houses of the world and rule over them for almost 40 years. Dame Nellie Melba Museum – Dame Nellie Melba was the first Australian-born Diva to conquer the opera houses of the world and rule over them for almost 40 years.](https://nelliemelbamuseum.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Nellie-Melba-and-Child-1-814x1024.jpg)
Dame Nellie Melba Museum – Dame Nellie Melba was the first Australian-born Diva to conquer the opera houses of the world and rule over them for almost 40 years.
![Dame Nellie Melba Museum – Dame Nellie Melba was the first Australian-born Diva to conquer the opera houses of the world and rule over them for almost 40 years. Dame Nellie Melba Museum – Dame Nellie Melba was the first Australian-born Diva to conquer the opera houses of the world and rule over them for almost 40 years.](https://nelliemelbamuseum.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Dame-Nellie-Melba-Coombe-Cottage.jpg)
Dame Nellie Melba Museum – Dame Nellie Melba was the first Australian-born Diva to conquer the opera houses of the world and rule over them for almost 40 years.
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This new biography portrays Dame Nellie Melba as a complex diva in need of real love | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT
![Song performed by Nellie Melba for Marconi's experimental broadcast of 15th June 1920 | The British Library Song performed by Nellie Melba for Marconi's experimental broadcast of 15th June 1920 | The British Library](https://www.bl.uk/britishlibrary/~/media/bl/global/uosh%20learning/recorded%20sound/collection%20items/av%20vas/hrsva35-nellie-melba-gettyimages-929216592.jpg)