Gang-gang: 100 years ago - Patriotic crowds applaud Madame Melba at the Sydney Town Hall

By Ian Warden
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:51pm, first published September 22 2014 - 11:45pm

Early, naive Great War patriotic fever in Australia was never more feverish than at the Melba Patriotic Concert in the Sydney Town Hall 100 years ago this week. The enthralled man from the Sunday Times was there. As well as hearing Melba sing he saw her in action as an auctioneer, raising money for the Patriotic Fund.

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