Colour photo. Image shows View Point buildings, Alexandra Fountain in foreground. On RH side, looking up View Street. Two cars on roadway near fountain, appear to be 1920's or early 30's models. Written on bottom of image in white pen ' View point from Mitchell Street, Bendigo' and 'No 5'bendigo, streetscape, view point, alexandra fountain

Artwork. Norman Penrose collection: pen and ink drawing of cast iron fountain, Pall Mall, Bendigo. Also 1/2 plan, scale 1-1/2 inches = 1 foot. Part of brown matt remaining. Signed N. Penrose. Bendigo. Measured Drawing for A (rest is missing).N. Penrosedrawing, ink, norman penrose collection, artwork, cast iron fountain, pall mall, bendigo

From the collection of Betty McPheeA black bakelite pen with gold ink lever, pocket grimp and circle trim around lid. Top of lid has gold Swan insignia. Gold nib. Engraved on side, 'Swan' self filler; Mabie, Todd & Cribb; Made in England. Includes Insignia Trade Mark. Swan across barrel near nib.Swan self filler|Mabie, Todd & Cribb|Made in Englanddomestic items, writing equipment

From the collection of Betty McPheeBlack bakelite pen of two parts, barrel and lid. Barrel has gold nib attached and clear ink gauge. Lid has metal clip and two metal bandsdomestic items, writing equipment

This type of ink container was often called a penny ink container or dwarf ink bottle.This ink well is historically significant as it represents methods of hand written communication that were common up until the mid-20th century, when fountain pens and ballpoint pens took over fro pen and ink.Salt glazed ceramic ink bottleceramics, ink bottle, salt glaze

The house was built in 1913 for Mr James Rubira and named for his wife Emilia Tajouera Guidotti, an Italian opera singer. She was born in 1865 and died in Surrey Hills on 21 October 1950. James was born in 1863 in Allela, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and died on 8 November 1935 in Surrey Hills. They married in Victoria in 1892. They married in 1892. James's mother was a member of the Parer family. The Rubiras and the Parers were among a number of Spanish families who began to migrate to Australia in the 1860s. James' mother was Teresa Florentina Lluisa Parer. Many of the families settled in Box Hill and then Surrey Hills by the 1900s. The Rubiras and the Parers established and supplied a number of high-class restaurants and hotels in Melbourne.Coloured image of an Edwardian style brick house at 4 Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills. It shows the path up to the house with the garden on each side. There is a fountain in the garden on the LHS of the path.On rear in blue pen: "Mr Rubira's House / per / A Noack (underlined) / Albany Cres"emilia villa, house names, 1913, singers, spanish community, italian community, ethnic communities, parer family, albany crescent, surrey hills, restaurants, hotels, edwardian style, mr james rubira, mrs emilia rubira, miss emilia tajouera guidotti