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Scrapbook

Title
Scrapbook
Repository
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
Reference
MS 1077
Date Range
1911 - 1937
Description

Scrapbook relating to Dame Nellie Melba, kept by her personal assistant. Comprises newspaper cuttings, photographs and performance programmes. Includes a series of articles "Melba's life story" published in the Herald newspaper (Melbourne), September 1925. Photographs include portraits of Melba, views of Coombe Cottage (her home near Lilydale, Vic.) and scenes of her arrival at Perth on the R. M. S. "Orsova" in 1914.

Quantity
1 Volume (0.02 m)

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