Melba, Australian Capital Territory
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Melba is a suburb of Canberra
, Australian Capital Territory
, Australia
. Melba is in the district of Belconnen
.
The suburb of Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba
(1861-1931), the first internationally-recognised Australian opera
soprano
. The streets are named after composers, singers and other musically notable Australians or people with strong Australian connections.
Located in Melba are a government run primary school (Mount Rogers Community School), and a merged secondary school, Melba Copland Secondary School, a merge of Melba High School and Copland College
.
Melba Tennis Club and its eight courts are located adjacent to the playing fields. A former member of the club is Annabel Ellwood
, whose highest ranking on the WTA
Women's Professional Tour was 57 for singles and 60 for Doubles in 1997. She once defeated Jennifer Capriati
at the US Open and partnered Patrick Rafter
at the Hopman Cup
mixed teams event in Perth. Ms Ellwood's name appears on the honour board in the clubhouse.
of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white Feldspar
crystals is found in the
north east corner.
Green grey dacitic tuff from the Hawkins Volcanics occur on the south east side of Melba.
Green grey dacite
and quartz andesite
occur in the north west to the south east.
This is intruded by a band of Glebe Farm Adamellite.
Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite
with a patch of purple and green tuff
are in the south west.
The Deakin Fault runs north west through Melba and is marked by quartz.
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Melba is in the district of Belconnen
Belconnen
Belconnen is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 25 suburbs with 29,900 dwellings housing 82,247 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory ....
.
The suburb of Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba
Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba GBE , born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century...
(1861-1931), the first internationally-recognised Australian opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
. The streets are named after composers, singers and other musically notable Australians or people with strong Australian connections.
Located in Melba are a government run primary school (Mount Rogers Community School), and a merged secondary school, Melba Copland Secondary School, a merge of Melba High School and Copland College
Copland College
Copland College opened in 1978 at Copland Drive, Melba, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaIt is a supporter of the IB Diploma Program.In 2007, it has been decided by the ACT Government, to merge Copland College and Melba High School...
.
Melba Tennis Club and its eight courts are located adjacent to the playing fields. A former member of the club is Annabel Ellwood
Annabel Ellwood
Annabel Ellwood is a player of tennis in Australia.She played at the 1998 Australian Open , her best singles in a Grand Slam.* Birth Place - Canberra* ACT Lives - Canberra...
, whose highest ranking on the WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
Women's Professional Tour was 57 for singles and 60 for Doubles in 1997. She once defeated Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Capriati
Jennifer Marie Capriati is a former world number one ranked professional tennis player, and the winner of three women's singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments. Capriati made her professional debut in 1990 at the age of 14 when she reached the finals of the hard court tournament in Boca...
at the US Open and partnered Patrick Rafter
Patrick Rafter
Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...
at the Hopman Cup
Hopman Cup
The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
mixed teams event in Perth. Ms Ellwood's name appears on the honour board in the clubhouse.
Geology
A porphyryPorphyry (geology)
Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. The larger crystals are called phenocrysts...
of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white Feldspar
Feldspar
Feldspars are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust....
crystals is found in the
north east corner.
Green grey dacitic tuff from the Hawkins Volcanics occur on the south east side of Melba.
Green grey dacite
Dacite
Dacite is an igneous, volcanic rock. It has an aphanitic to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite. The relative proportions of feldspars and quartz in dacite, and in many other volcanic rocks, are illustrated in the QAPF diagram...
and quartz andesite
Andesite
Andesite is an extrusive igneous, volcanic rock, of intermediate composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between basalt and dacite. The mineral assemblage is typically dominated by plagioclase plus pyroxene and/or hornblende. Magnetite,...
occur in the north west to the south east.
This is intruded by a band of Glebe Farm Adamellite.
Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite
Rhyodacite
Rhyodacite is an extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the extrusive equivalent of granodiorite. Phenocrysts of sodium rich plagioclase, sanidine, quartz, and biotite or hornblende are typically set in an aphanitic to glassy light to intermediate...
with a patch of purple and green tuff
Tuff
Tuff is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered...
are in the south west.
The Deakin Fault runs north west through Melba and is marked by quartz.
People honoured in the streets of Melba
- Alda Place - Frances AldaFrances AldaFrances Alda was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality—and frequent onstage partnerships at the New York Metropolitan Opera with the...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-born soprano - Amadio Place - Neville AmadioNeville AmadioNeville Francis Amadio AM MBE was an Australian flautist who played with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and its predecessors for over 50 years. The conductor Sir Charles Mackerras once said that Amadio was "without doubt, the greatest flautist the world produced in the 20th century".-Early life...
, flautist - Bainton Crescent - Edgar BaintonEdgar BaintonEdgar Leslie Bainton was a British composer, most celebrated for his church music. Perhaps his most famous piece is the liturgical anthem And I saw a new heaven, but during recent years Bainton's other musical works - neglected for decades - have been increasingly often heard in the concert...
, British composer and Director of the New South Wales Conservatorium of MusicSydney Conservatorium of MusicThe Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia... - Bishop Place
- Boult Place
- Bowden Place
- Brahe Place - May BraheMay BraheMay Brahe was an Australian composer, best known for her songs and ballads. Her most famous song by far is "Bless This House", recorded by John McCormack, Beniamino Gigli, Lesley Garrett and Bryn Terfel. She was the only Australian woman composer to win local and international recognition before...
(1884-1956), composer, best known for the song Bless This HouseBless This House (song)"Bless This House" is a song. The words were written by Englishwoman Helen Taylor, a poet, under the original title "Bless the House." The music was composed by Australian May Brahe, a friend of Taylor's. It was published in 1927.... - Brash Place
- Brier Place
- Brownlee Place - John BrownleeJohn Brownlee (baritone)John Donald Mackenzie Brownlee was an Australian operatic baritone.-Biography:John Brownlee was born in Geelong, Victoria. As a boy, he became a junior naval cadet in the Royal Australian Navy, serving during World War I. Following service, he studied accounting...
, baritone who often sang with Melba - Buckman Place
- Cade Place - William CadeWilliam CadeWilliam Richard Cade was an Australian violinist and conductor, the founding conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra....
, first conductor of the Adelaide Symphony OrchestraAdelaide Symphony OrchestraThe Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was founded as a 17 player radio ensemble in 1936, in Adelaide, South Australia. The orchestra reformed in 1949 as the 55 member South Australian Symphony Orchestra. It reverted to its original and present title, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, in late 1974, and... - Carandini Street - Marie CarandiniMarie CarandiniMarie Carandini, née Burgess, was an English-born Australian opera singer.-Early life:Carandini was born in Brixton, London, the daughter of James and Martha Medwin Burgess and was brought by her parents to Van Diemen's Land in 1833...
, soprano - Carey Place
- Castles Place - Amy Castles (1880-1951), soprano
- Charvin Court
- Chinner Crescent - Norman Chinner (1909-1961), organist and conductor
- Clifford Crescent
- Clutsam Place - George ClutsamGeorge ClutsamGeorge Howard Clutsam was an Australian pianist, composer and writer, best remembered as the arranger of Lilac Time. Clutsam published over 150 songs.-Life:...
, piano accompanist to Melba, composer, best known for his arrangement of Das DreimäderlhausDas DreimäderlhausDas Dreimäderlhaus , adapted into English language versions as Blossom Time and Lilac Time, is a Viennese pastiche 'operetta' with music by Franz Schubert, rearranged by Hungarian Heinrich Berté , and a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert...
as Lilac Time - Conley Drive
- Coutts Place
- Crossley Close - Ada CrossleyAda CrossleyAda Jemima Crossley was an Australian singer.Crossley was a daughter of E. Wallis Crossley, a farmer. She was born at Tarraville, Gippsland, Victoria...
, contralto, renowned in oratorioOratorioAn oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias... - Delaney Court
- D'Hage Circuit - Louis D'Hage, violinist and teacher
- Ennis Place
- Flower Place
- Goldner Circuit - Richard GoldnerRichard GoldnerRichard Goldner was a Romanian-born, Viennese-trained Australian violist, pedagogue and inventor. He founded Musica Viva Australia in 1945, which became the world's largest entrepreneurial chamber music organisation. The Goldner String Quartet was named in his memory.-Biography:Richard Goldner...
, Romanian-born violist and founder of Musica Viva AustraliaMusica Viva AustraliaMusica Viva Australia is the oldest independent performing arts organisation in Australia and the world's largest entrepreneur of chamber music. It was formed in 1945 in Sydney by violist Richard Goldner... - Goossens Place - Sir Eugene GoossensEugène Aynsley GoossensSir Eugene Aynsley Goossens was an English conductor and composer.-Biography:He was born in Camden Town, London, the son of the Belgian conductor and violinist Eugène Goossens and the grandson of the conductor Eugène Goossens...
, composer, conductor and advocate for the building of the Sydney Opera HouseSydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957... - Grainger Circuit - Percy GraingerPercy GraingerGeorge Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...
, pianist and composer - Alfred Hill Drive - Alfred HillAlfred HillAlfred Francis Hill CMG OBE was an Australian/New Zealand composer, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Alfred Hill was born in Melbourne in 1869. His year of birth is shown in many sources as 1870, but this has now been disproven. He spent most of his early life in New Zealand...
, composer - Henslowe Place
- Horsley Cres
- Hosking Place
- Ives Court
- Keats Place - Horace Keats (1895-1945), UK-born composer
- Kruse Place
- Laver Place
- Le Gallienne Street - Dorian Le GallienneDorian Le GallienneDorian Leon Marlois Le Gallienne was an Australian composer, teacher and music critic.-Biography:Dorian Le Gallienne was born in Melbourne in 1915. His father, an actor, was born in France, and his mother, a pianist who had studied with G. W. L. Marshall-Hall, was the daughter of the Assistant...
, composer and critic - Levey Place
- Linger Place - Carl LingerCarl LingerCarl Linger was a German Australian composer who wrote the "Song of Australia". For his song he received a price of ten guineas.German-born intellectual Carl Linger, who had studied at the Institute of Music in Berlin, came to South Australia in 1849 on the Princess Luise. He settled in Gawler,...
, German-born composer - Lovelock Court - Dr William LovelockWilliam LovelockWilliam Lovelock was an English classical composer and pedagogue who spent many years in Australia. He was the first Director of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in Brisbane, and later became the chief music critic for The Courier-Mail newspaper.He is not to be confused with the...
, English composer and critic, and first Director of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music - Lyster Place
- McEachern Crescent - Malcolm McEachernMalcolm McEachernWalter Malcom Neil McEachern was a noted Australian bass singer who enjoyed a successful career in the United Kingdom, both as a concert soloist and as one half of the comic musical duo Flotsam and Jetsam....
, bass singer in opera and oratorio; he made a famous recording of the Gendarmes' DuetGeneviève de BrabantGeneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant....
with Harold WilliamsHarold Williams (baritone)Harold John Williams MBE was a leading Australian baritone and music teacher. Born in Sydney, he enjoyed a long and successful career in England and his native country, performing in opera, oratorio and concerts and giving radio broadcasts.-Early years:Williams was born on 3 September 1893 at... - Marsh Place - composer and music publisher in late 1800s
- Mewton Place - Noel Mewton-WoodNoel Mewton-WoodNoel Mewton-Wood was an Australian-born concert pianist who achieved some fame during his short life.-Life and career:...
, pianist - Miranda Place
- Orchard Place - W. Arundel OrchardW. Arundel OrchardWilliam Arundel Orchard OBE FRCM was a British-born Australian organist, pianist, composer, conductor and music educator....
, organist, pianist, composer, conductor, and Director of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music - Paling Place - Willem Paling (1825-1895), Dutch-born violinist, teacher, piano manufacturer and founder of Paling's music stores
- Sampson Close
- Saville Close
- Scarlett Street - Robert Dalley-Scarlett (1887-1959), organist and choral conductor
- Sharp Place
- Sherwin Place
- Stewart Crescent - Nellie StewartNellie StewartNellie Stewart was an Australian actress and singer, known as "Our Nell" and "Sweet Nell".Born into a theatrical family, Stewart began acting as a child. As a young woman, she built a career playing in operetta and Gilbert and Sullivan operas. In the mid-1880s, she began a long relationship with...
, actress and popular singer - Stralia Place - Elsa StraliaElsa StraliaElsa Stralia was an Australian soprano with an international reputation in Europe and America. She was born Elsie Mary Fischer.-Biography:After appearing in Sydney, she studied in Milan and London...
, soprano - Traynor Court
- Treharne Place
- Verbrugghen Street - Henri VerbrugghenHenri VerbrugghenHenri Verbrugghen was a Belgian musician, who directed orchestras in England, Scotland, Australia and the United States....
, Belgian violinist and first Director of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music - Wallace Place
- Zelman Place - Alberto ZelmanAlberto ZelmanAlberto Zelman was an Australian musician and conductor, and founder of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra....
, founder and conductor of the Melbourne Symphony OrchestraMelbourne Symphony OrchestraThe Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Melbourne, Australia. It has 100 permanent musicians. Melbourne has the longest continuous history of orchestral music of any Australian city and the MSO is the oldest professional orchestra in Australia...