Lydia Ellen Tritton

Lydia "Nellé" Tritton (Russian: Лидия Тереза ("Нелль") Керенская (Триттон), 19 September 1899[1] – 10 April 1946) was an Australian journalist, poet, and self-declared "public elocutionist".

[2][4][5] In her mid-20s, she sailed to London and toured Europe, gaining a reputation for knowledge of international affairs, which brought her into contact with the Russian expatriates then living in Paris.

Nadejine was a professional singer, but was unsuccessful in joining the Covent Garden Opera Company and reportedly had affairs with various wealthy Englishwomen.

[6][7][5] In February 1946, while visiting her parents in Brisbane, Tritton had a stroke and died of chronic nephritis on 10 April.

[5] In 2016, the story of Tritton's life was adapted into a play, Motherland, by playwright Katherine Lyall-Watson.