History | Meet Florence Austral, Australia's forgotten diva

By Mike Scanlon
July 11 2020 - 5:00pm
WORLD FAMOUS: Florence Austral in costume at Covent Garden, London, in 1924. Austral later taught music in Newcastle.
WORLD FAMOUS: Florence Austral in costume at Covent Garden, London, in 1924. Austral later taught music in Newcastle.

SHE's Australia's forgotten diva and she spent her last years teaching music students in Newcastle, before dying poor.

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