Canberra, ACT, Australia
Slovenian Australian Association of Canberra Inc.
19 Irving Street, Phillip, ACT 2606, Australia
Ph 02 6282 1083
Fax 02 6282 3510
President: Franc Čulek
Images of Slovenia
Slovenian Landmarks – Utrinki iz Slovenije, by Boštjan Burger, is a massive panaromic virtual guide of Slovenia, of 4000 panoramas and over 7000 photos, of the cultural and natural heritage…
Bled
Bled is a prominent resort area; located in Gorenjska region at the Julian Alps. It is spectacular for scenery and the emerald-green lake with island, Blejski otok, site of Church of the Assumption…
Baroque in the music of Iacobus Gallus
Characteristically baroque traits are dynamism, ornamentation, sharp contrast, individualism, but most of all, affective representation.
Frescoes of Hrastovlje
The eye is assailed by a plethora of images and warm, rich colours, every space and surface aglow with familiar images of Christian iconography
Proteus anginus
In the eighteenth century the amphibian, proteus anginus, inhabitant of subterranean waters, was considered to be progeny of the dragon.
Idrija lace
Bobbin lace-making is a unique phenomenon in Slovenia. It has developed most intensively in the Idrija area, although the skill has always been practiced in other parts of the country …
Karst sheepdog
"He is intelligent, listens attentively and understands what he is told to do; in short – he is a perfect sheepdog, afraid of nothing."
Pre-Christian goddess worship
In the frescoes of Hrastovlje he discovered the representation of an ancient pre-Christian religion of the Goddess, which existed in a matriarchal world order later to be displaced …
Hrastovlje: a Gothic monument
Dance macabre – a rare, well preserved, and complete example of one of the most famous images of medieval iconography.