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Florence Austral (26 April 1892〔Birth certificate in my possession〕 – 15 May 1968) was an Australian operatic soprano renowned for her interpretation of the most demanding Wagnerian female roles, although she never gained the opportunity to appear at the Bayreuth Festival or the New York Metropolitan Opera. She was born Florence Mary Wilson, but adopted the professional surname Austral in 1921 in honour of her homeland of Australia.〔As was the case with Elsie Mary Fischer, who took the name Elsa Stralia (); also, Helen Porter Mitchell took the name Nellie Melba (after Melbourne), and June Mary Gough took the name June Bronhill (after Broken Hill).〕 She was considered to have few equals in sheer vocal quality until the arrival of Kirsten Flagstad. Acting was not her strong point and her characterisations were mainly achieved with the voice, which made her recordings so vastly enjoyable. She, Germaine Lubin and Frida Leider were considered to be the great Wagnerian dramatic sopranos of their era, together with Flagstad, who did not rise to international fame until the 1930s. (Among all post-War Wagnerian sopranos, only Birgit Nilsson and, to a lesser extent, Astrid Varnay, have been in their exalted league.) ==Early life== Austral was born in Richmond, Victoria〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography )〕 as Florence Mary Wilson, the daughter of a Swedish carpenter formerly known as Wilhelm Lindholm, and his wife Helena Mary, née Harris, a dressmaker. Her father died in 1895 and her mother set up in business. In 1903, Florence's mother married again, to a 28-year-old Syrian book-keeper named John Fawaz, and Florence took the name Florence Fawaz.〔
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