You may know Australia's most famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba, from the $100 note. But did you know she had a dancing cockatoo? #ClassicRecap This rare footage shows Melba at the Mitchell Estate in Lilydale in 1927, four years before she died. The music is a gramophone recording of Melba singing "Sempre Libera" [Always Free] from Verdi's La Traviata. | ABC Classic

Dame Nellie Melba arriving at Sydney's Central Station, 1909. This is the earliest known surviving footage of the famous soprano, Australia's first international music superstar. Explore this Sydney timecapsule: http://ow.ly/PlVM308b5zK | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia