South Pacific (musical) of her portrayal of Nellie Forbush ... who is so shocked to find her early racial prejudices cropping up. Hers is a completely irresistible performance." When "South Pacific" opened in London in November 1951, the reviews were mixed. London's "Daily Express" praised the music but disliked other elements of that show, writing, "We got a 42nd Street "Madame Butterfly", the weakest of all the Hammerstein-Rodgers musicals. The "Daily Mail" suggested, "The play moved so slowly between its songs that it seemed more like "South Soporific"." "The Times" applauded the songs but indicated that "before the end the singing and the
Nellie Robinson (politician) on 19 September 1992. Robinson is buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery. In her will, Robinson bequeathed twenty thousand dollars to the Toowoomba Council for the Robinson collection of historic memorabilia held in the local history library in Toowoomba. Nellie Robinson (politician) Nellie Elizabeth Robinson (1915 – 19 September 1992) was elected Queensland's first woman mayor in 1967. Nellie Robinson was born in Toowoomba. Robinson was elected as an Alderman to the Toowoomba Council in 1961 and was elected Queensland's first female mayor in 1967. In the 1972 Queensland state election she was a candidate for the Country Party