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Dame Nellie Melba got married to Charles Nisbett Frederick Armstrong
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She gave birth to her only son, George
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Dame Nellie Melba made her debut as a singer in Melbourne in concerts and recitals
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She made her debut as an opera singer in Brussels
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She divorced her husband of 18 years after they both sought different career paths
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Dame Nellie Melba returned to Australia and travelled to New Zealand for a tour of the two countries
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She returned back to Australia for a tour of the Australian Outback where she travelled over 10000 miles
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She worked to help raise funds for war charities as well as perfoming wartime concerts in North America
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She was appointed Dame of the British empire
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She was elevated to the Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire
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She performed one of her last concert in Geelong, Melbourne . Although her final performance was a matinee of La bohème in Adelaide
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Dame Nellie Melba died, aged 69, from septicaemia which developed after facial surgery
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Dame Nellie Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell