In a celebration of the Ballarat Heritage Festival, Our Collections volunteers have created a small exhibition of images of roles Nellie performed during her stella career (all taken from our heritage collection of books).
They have also collected news items about Nellie’s performances here in Ballarat (from our collection of Heritage Newspapers.
The exhibition will culminate in our program in partnership with the Melba Opera Trust Nellie in her own Write.
Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute Heritage Collection
If you would like further information on how to access our heritage newspapers and books please contact the Library on T: (03) 5331 2042 or E: library@ballaratmi.org.au
Arts and cultural activities
This event is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution
