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From the Australian Magazine's debut in 1821, Australia's magazine industry developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century through popular titles such as the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch. Alongside these more mainstream publications, a series of small,...
Don McMurdo, Fireworks over the Sydney Opera House, Japan Week, 1988, slide. William Lyster set up his own opera company in 1861, giving audiences their first full scale productions of European opera. Opera Australia was created through the merger of Th...
Indigenous music in Australia uses the environment itself to generate unique sounds and rhythms. Australian musicians performing across a range of genres, or styles, have achieved international recognition with a unique Australian approach. The opera sin...
Presenting illuminated address to Dame Nellie Melba at public reception at Cave Hill, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Homes and haunts -- Victoria -- Cave Hill -- Photographs. ...
St. Hubert's, residence of David Mitchell, father of Dame Nellie Melba, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Part of collection: Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. ...
[Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba in New York, 1918?] Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan on your behalf (most li...
Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba [picture]. Inscriptions: "To nice kind Fritz Harte from Nellie Melba 1915" --Signed in ink lower centre. Melba, Nellie Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. ...
Gill, Henry Pelham, 1855-1916. Melba, Nellie Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan on your behalf (most libraries charge for t...
1 painting : oil on canvas on board ; 91 x 71cm. Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan on your behalf (most lib...
Four unidentified people (three reclining) gathering water lilies at Cave Hill, estate of David Mitchell, father of Dame Nellie Melba, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Part of collection: Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. ...
Dame Nellie Melba as Marguerite in "Faust" by Charles Gounod [picture]. Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan o...
Dame Nellie Melba singing National Anthem at Parliament House, Canberra, Royal Visit, 1927 [picture] / W.J. Mildenhall. Mildenhall collection of photographs of Canberra. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask...
Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba [picture] / Walter H. Barnett. Melba, Nellie Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan on your behal...
Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, 1927 [picture] / Spencer Shier. Inscriptions: "Nellie Melba 1927" --Signed in ink lower centre. Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. ...
Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba in New York, 1918 [picture] / Arnold Smith. "Melba in N.Y. 1918" --In pencil on reverse. Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Portraits. ...
Public reception for Dame Nellie Melba at Lilydale, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Part of collection: Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. ...
Public reception for Dame Nellie Melba at Cave Hill, estate of her father David Mitchell, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Part of collection: Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. ...
Arrival of Dame Nellie Melba at Cave Hill, estate of her father David Mitchell, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931 -- Homes and haunts -- Victoria -- Cave Hill -- Photographs. ...
David Mitchell with his daughter Dame Nellie Melba, returning thanks at public reception at his estate Cave Hill, 1902 [picture]. Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. Part of collection: Dame Nellie Melba, Lilydale, 1902. ...
Dame Nellie Melba singing National Anthem at Parliament House, Canberra, Royal Visit, 1927 [picture] / W.J. Mildenhall. Mildenhall collection of photographs of Canberra. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask...
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