 When Elvins purchased the Conservatorium business he set about forming the Conservatorium into a nonprofit company.This was achieved in 1944 and the Melba has continued to run since that time as an incorporated company with a governing Council.Several further Directors and a change of premises for ten years to 16 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford, saw the Conservatorium, by 1983, purchase accommodation at 45 York Street, Richmond, where it remained until its closure in 2008.