Nellie Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell on MAY 19th 1861
inRichmond ,Melbourne.In 1887 Melba made her operatic debut
inBrussels as Gilda in Verdisa Rigoletto.
Melbas triumphant home-coming in 1902 involved a concert tour of
all Australia and New Zealand.For her services to U.S war
concerts,she was made Dame Commander of the order of the British
Empire in 1918
Melba's voice had an even quality over a range of 3 octaves and
gave her final emotional concert in 1928,sang at the opening of
parliment house in Canberra and made a Dame Cross of the Order of
the British Empire .
Melba died on 23 rd february 1931 and was buried in Lilydale
Cemetery in Melbourne.Melba is now immortilised on the green $100
note.
The 1 litre cache container is full of mixed treats and can be
found by calculating the final co-ordinates with answers from the
birthplace of Melba !
The final cache location is at S 37 488A1 -E 145 008B2.
A =Letters in third word on plaque.plus 3.
B=Letters in second word on plaque minus 2.