OBJECTS OF FAME
PERFORMATIVE TRAVEL: CELEBRITY BODIES AND THEIR BAGGAGE Jacqueline Dutton | Associate Professor in French Studies at the University of Melbourne
Nellie Melba with her niece, c.1904
Blazing a trail for Australian musicians to follow, Dame Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger left their homeland and travelled abroad to master their arts with an aim to perform. Their first steps were formative, as they each hoped to learn more about music than colonial Melbourne could ever teach them.
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