Florence Maude Young

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Florence Young
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Background information
Birth nameFlorence Maude Young
Born(1870-10-02)2 October 1870
Melbourne, Victoria
Died11 November 1920(1920-11-11) (aged 50)
East Melbourne, Victoria
Genresopera and comic opera
Occupation(s)soprano
Years active1890–1920

Florence Maude Young (2 October 1870 – 11 November 1920) was an Australian actor and singer.[1]

Young was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Henry Henrard Young and his wife Elizabeth (née Tonkin).[2]

Young made her stage debut as Beatrice in von Suppé's three-act operetta, Boccaccio for the Nellie Stewart Opera Company in Melbourne in June 1890. She was reported to have filled the part "very efficiently", her singing was "highly commendable" and of "her acting she has apparently not much to learn".[3]

On 8 February 1897 Young married Robert Campbell Rivington of London at St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill, Melbourne.[4] The marriage failed as Young preferred life on the Melbourne stage to that at Phillip Island with her husband was a grazier. He petitioned successfully for divorce on grounds of desertion in 1912. The case was uncontested.[5]

Young died at Somerset House Private Hospital in East Melbourne. She was buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery after a service at St Peter's Church, Eastern Hill, Melbourne.[6]

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  1. ^ Maslen, Joan. "Young, Florence Maude (1870–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 18 February 2012 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. ^ "Birth Certificate - Florence Maude Young". Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ "OPERA HOUSE.--BOCCACCIO". The Age (11, 016). Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 21 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "SOCIAL NOTES". The Australasian. LXII (1611). Victoria, Australia. 13 February 1897. p. 39. Retrieved 18 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "FLORENCE YOUNG DIVORCED". The Australasian. XCIII (2, 419). Victoria, Australia. 10 August 1912. p. 37 (TOWN EDITION). Retrieved 21 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Family Notices". The Herald (13, 937). Victoria, Australia. 11 November 1920. p. 20. Retrieved 18 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.


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