Word: melba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this vigorous atmosphere came an array of exceptional people-Classicist Gilbert Murray, Singer Nellie Melba, Novelist Henry Handel Richardson, Actress Judith Anderson, Dancer Robert Help-mann, Composer Arthur Benjamin and Actor Cyril Ritchard. But it was symptomatic that most Australian artists and intellectuals found their careers abroad (and it is symptomatic of a changed Australia that this is no longer so true...