Melba, Australian Capital Territory

Melba is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 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.^[2]

Features

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. Ellwood's name appears on the honour board in the clubhouse.

Political representation

For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, Melba is in the Fenner.^[3]

For the purposes of Australian Capital Territory elections for the ACT Legislative Assembly, Melba is in the Ginninderra electorate.^[4]

Geology

Main article: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

A porphyry 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.^[5]

People honoured in the streets of Melba

Alda Place - Frances Alda, New Zealand-born soprano
Amadio Place - Neville Amadio, flautist
Bainton Crescent - Edgar Bainton, British composer and Director of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music
Bishop Place
Boult Place
Bowden Place
Brahe Place - May Brahe (1884-1956), composer
Brash Place
Brier Place
Brownlee Place - John Brownlee, baritone who often sang with Melba
Buckman Place
Cade Place - William Cade, first conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Carandini Street - Marie Carandini, 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 Clutsam, piano accompanist to Melba, composer
Conley Drive
Coutts Place
Crossley Close - Ada Crossley, contralto, renowned in oratorio
Delaney Court
D'Hage Circuit - Louis D'Hage, violinist and teacher
Ennis Place
Flower Place
Goldner Circuit - Richard Goldner, Romanian-born violist and founder of Musica Viva Australia
Goossens Place - Sir Eugene Goossens, composer, conductor and advocate for the building of the Sydney Opera House
Grainger Circuit - Percy Grainger, pianist and composer
Alfred Hill Drive - Alfred Hill, composer

Henslowe Place
Horsley Cres
Hosking Place
Ives Court
Keats Place - Horace Keats (1895-1945), UK-born composer
Kruse Place
Laver Place- Rod Laver, Australian tennis player/legend
Le Gallienne Street - Dorian Le Gallienne, composer and critic
Levey Place
Linger Place - Carl Linger, German-born composer
Lovelock Court - Dr William Lovelock, English composer and critic, and first Director of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Lyster Place
McEachern Crescent - Malcolm McEachern, bass singer in opera and oratorio; he made a famous recording of the Gendarmes' Duet with Harold Williams
Marsh Place - composer and music publisher in late 1800s
Mewton Place - Noel Mewton-Wood, pianist
Miranda Place
Orchard Place - W. Arundel Orchard, 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 Stewart, actress and popular singer
Stralia Place - Elsa Stralia, soprano
Traynor Court
Treharne Place
Verbrugghen Street - Henri Verbrugghen, Belgian violinist and first Director of the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music
Wallace Place
Zelman Place - Alberto Zelman, founder and conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Melba (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
↑ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Fenner (ACT)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "Electorates 2012 election". Electorates. ACT Electoral Commission. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
↑ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

Suburbs and localities in Belconnen

Aranda Belconnen Bruce Charnwood Cook Dunlop Emu Ridge Evatt Florey Flynn Fraser Giralang Hawker Higgins Holt Kaleen Latham Lawson Macgregor Macquarie McKellar Melba Page Scullin Spence Weetangera Town Centre Belconnen Town Centre Group Centres Charnwood Hawker Jamison Kaleen Kippax

Districts in Canberra Belconnen Booth Canberra Central (including North and South Canberra) Coree Cotter River Gungahlin Hall Jerrabomberra Kowen Majura Molonglo Valley Mount Clear Paddys River Rendezvous Creek Stromlo Tennent Tuggeranong Weston Creek Woden Valley See also Suburbs of Canberra List of Canberra suburbs

Coordinates: 35°12′30″S 149°03′15″E / 35.20833°S 149.05417°E / -35.20833; 149.05417

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