Melba, Dame Nellie (1861–1931)
Biographical Entries
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- Mitchell, Isabella Ann (mother)
- Mitchell, David (father)
- Box, Anne Fraser (sister)
- Patterson, Isabella Ann (sister)
- Lempriere, Dora Elizabeth (sister)
- Mitchell, Francis David (brother)
- Mitchell, Charles James (brother)
- Mitchell, William Henry Ernest (brother)
- Mitchell, Blanche (sister-in-law)
- Mitchell, Isabela Mathison (sister-in-law)
- Lempriere, Charles Algernon (brother-in-law)
- Dow, Alice (aunt)
- Grice, Annie Mackenzie (niece)
- Letts, Diana Frances (niece)
- Walker, Ruth (niece)
- Lempriere, Helen Dora (niece)
- Macpherson-Smith, Helen Melba (niece)
- Macpherson-Smith, John (nephew by marriage)
- Armstrong, Pamela Helen (granddaughter)
- Feez, Arthur Herman (friend)
- Lemmone, John (friend)
- Lindsay, Joan à Beckett (friend)
- Grainger, John Henry (designer/builder)
- Wiedermann, Elise (colleague)
- Austral, Florence Mary (colleague)
- Mouchette, Berthe Julie Lucie (acquaintance)
- Jones, Thomas Henry (acquaintance)
- Hollander, Abraham Alfred (acquaintance)
- Lindsay, Norman Alfred (acquaintance)
- Murdoch, Keith Arthur (acquaintance)
- Brownlee, John Donald Mackenzie (acquaintance)
- Wightman, Edith Lillian (acquaintance)
- Thomas, Wilfrid Coad (acquaintance)
- Cahill, Edward John (mentored)
- Power, Stella (mentored)
- Carandini, Marie (teacher)
- Patton, Emily Sophia (teacher)
- Chambers, Lucy (teacher)
- Wilson, Austral Groves (pupil)
- Longstaff, John Campbell (artist)
- Bunny, Rupert Charles (artist)
- Stawell, William (lawyer)
- Heysen, Hans (patron of)
- Pura, Annie Helen (related entry)
- Crawford, Hector William (related entry)
Nellie Melba, by Numa Blanc Fils, c.1892
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British Library
15 June 1920
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Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Mitchell, Helen Porter
- Armstrong, Helen Porter
Birth
19 May,
1861
Richmond, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
23 February,
1931
(aged 69)
Darlinghurst, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education
Occupation or Descriptor
Awards
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Order of Merit (Norway)
- Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire