Dame Nellie Melba’s funeral cortège Main Street, Lilydale, C.1931
The scene at Lilydale as the long procession drove up the hill into the township.
The fire bell was toiled as the funeral procession resumed after Dame Nellie Melba’s coffin had been placed on a gun carriage at 4.30pm, then the cortège moved slowly towards Lilydale cemetery were there was 2000 people who witnessed the sad occasion.