Galeria Sloveniana
John Kodrič, Slovenian artist in Australia
John Kodrič has pursued the love for painting for over twenty-five years in Australia. He was born in Brje, Dobravlje, Slovenia in 1941 and settled in Australia permanently in 1960. John studied art while work more...
Slovenian Traditional Chests
Slovenian Ethnographic Museum/Slovenski etnografski muzej in Ljubljana guards an enormous number of the treasures of Slovenian etnographic heritage. Many of these are seen rarely, being shown on special occasio more...
Kostanjevica Forma Viva
The collection of over 100 sculptures in the Open Air Gallery in Kostanjevica, Slovenia arose out of the International Symposiums of Sculptors called Forma viva, an initiative of Slovenian sculptors Jakob Savin more...
Romana Zorzut Favier
Romana was born in 1930 in Biljana, in the region of south-west Slovenia called Goriška Brda. She migrated to Australia in 1951. Romana had always loved painting and enrolled in The George Bell Art School. She more...
Sloveniana Photolog
Ljubljana Snowbound
The enchantment of Ljubljana is greatest, when it lies white and dreamy in the early morning, under a blanket of brilliantly white, freshly fallen snow. more...
Ljubljana Bridges
Ljubljana's bridges are a special and attractive part of the river Ljubljanica and the life of the city that takes place along its banks. Particularly Tromostovje/ Three Bridges is regarded as the focus and hea more...
Ljubljana Castle Hill - Šance
Šance were the additional fortifications on the castle hill, housing the fighting force of the feudal lord. In 1932 Plečnik was commissioned to design and upgrade the area. The result is most pleasing, a rela more...
Ljubljana Courtyards
Old Ljubljana at the foot of the Castle Hill and across the river has retained some beautiful and grand buildings reaching as far as the Middle Ages and steadily growing through the following centuries. The cou more...
Community Photolog
Slovenian Children's Literature
Slovenian children's literature reading tour - the series Forget-Me-Nots/Spominčice took place in September 2009. The organizers were Aleksandra and Sandi Ceferin of The Institute for Slovenian Studies of Vict more...
Slovenian Handicrafts - Sydney and Brisbane
Following the success of research into Slovenian Immigrant Handicrafts in Victoria, the Institute for Slovenian Studies of Victoria, asked for and received another grant from the Office for Slovenes Abroad, and more...
Slovenian Traditional Chests
Slovenian Ethnographic Museum/Slovenski etnografski muzej in Ljubljana guards an enormous number of the treasures of Slovenian etnographic heritage. Many of these are seen rarely, being shown on special occasio more...
19 Slovenian Slavist Congress 2008
The Slovenian Slavistic Congress 2008 took place in Celovec/Klagenfurt and Pliberk/Bleiburg. It is the third consecutive SSK taking place on territories outside Slovenia's borders with strong Slovenian minoriti more...
Australiana Photolog
Yellow River, Kakadu National Park
Yellow River is the life blood of the great Kakadu National Park, about 20,000sq km in size and of the great flood plains of the world, rich in fauna and flora, and enjoying plenitude of water riches, even duri more...
Aboriginal rock art
Aboriginal rock paintings in Australia are an amazing and aweinspiring phenomenon. They are to be found in all the rocky places of Australia where the tribes sheltered and have remained, constantly retouched, r more...
Melbourne Botanic Garden
Royal Botanic Gardens are regarded among the finest in the world and are one of the best places in Melbourne to visit. The extensive gardens are within the walking distance of the Yarra River and the city centr more...
The Great Ocean Road Hinterland
The Hinterland of the Great Ocean Road - named Lorne State Park - is a picturesque forested area of valleys, rivers and waterfalls. There are hotels, camping grounds, rest areas, well marked walks, and great more...
Egypt Travelog
Rameses II at Memphis
Memphis, near Cairo, was the capital of the Old Kingdom. Little remains of its ancient glory but a colossal 10.metre limestone statue of Rameses prostrate, sculpted from a single block of calcareous stone orig more...
The Temple of Abydos
The construction of the Temple at Abydos was begun by Seti I and completed by his son Rameses II with the addition of a pylon and two courtyards now ruined. Today it is distinguished for the beauty of wall pain more...
The Temple of Isis at Philae
The Philae complex is a group of temples, the largest of which is dedicated to Isis, and characterised by apparent disorder in the elements of which it is composed. The temple was moved stone by stone to its pr more...
Kom Ombo Temple
Kom Ombo or the city of gold is situated on the right banbk of Nile, around 50 km from Aswan. It became a military stronghold due to its strategic position. The temple is dedicated to two deities - Sobek the cr more...
Slovenian Travelog
Prof. Toman's Field Garden
Prof. Miha Toman has also the traditional Slovenian field garden, set amid pastures, woods and fields of his home village. It is thriving with a variety of vegetables around the year, young fruit trees and colo more...
The magic hillside garden of Miha Toman
Prof. dr. Mihael Toman lives in his centuries old family home, which has been beautifully renovated during the last few years. He has great interest in traditional buildings. But his particular love and occupat more...
The Cow Festival 2007
The Cow Festival/Kravji bal has a long tradition, stemming from the custom of driving cows to the mountain pastures in spring and summer, where they eat the best mountain grass. They are milked by the shepherds more...
Jože Prezelj, didgeridoo maker
Jože Prezelj first heard of the didgeridoo, the sonorous music instrument of the Australian Aboriginals, at a conference in Peru. He met a German who taught him to play in four months and began to play serious more...
Australian Travelog
Nourlangie Rock
Nourlangie Rock, the Aboriginal name is Nawurlandja, and is the actual name of smaller rock outcrop at the Anbangbang billabong, is a spectacular region in Kakadu National Park in Northern Territory, Australia. more...
Yellow River, Kakadu National Park
Yellow River is the life blood of the great Kakadu National Park, about 20,000sq km in size and of the great flood plains of the world, rich in fauna and flora, and enjoying plenitude of water riches, even duri more...
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Kakadu National Park, covering nearly 20,000 sq.km is the largest national park in Australia and one of the very few places listed a world heritage area for both its cultural and natural value. Generations of more...
Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine River
Nitmiluk National Park, previousy known as Katherine Gorge National Park, the park is home to the spectacular series of 13 sandstone gorges, carved over a billion years by the waters of Katherine River. It is l more...
Webzine features
Vernacular architecture of Slovenia
Traditional rural architecture of Slovenia is varied, reflecting the diversity of materials, climate, the land, lifestyle and history of each region. In the south the main building material is stone, in the Alp more...
Kozolec in the landscape
Prof Borut Juvanec, Department of Vernacular Architecture at Ljubljana University defines this Slovenian construction: The kozolec (hayrack) is a free standing, permanent, mainly wooden, vertical, open but roof more...
Slovenia - a culinary experience
Slovenian cuisine combines central European knowledge with local experience, and continues to evolve and change. Interest in traditional dishes has revived, and grains such as buckwheat used for their tradition more...
The House of Tona
The 500 years old house is a beautiful example of Istrian rural architecture and differs in almost all aspects from the rural architecture of the other parts of Slovenia. more...
Contemporary Slovenian Architecture
Dekleva - Gregorič Arhitekti
What might be characteristic for the work of Aljoša Dekleva (1972) and Tina Gregorič (1974) aka Dekleva Gregorič architects is their eagerness to probe the boundaries of each of their project, to explore the more...
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