marcela bole, painting, forest,

marcela bole, ornament, green leaves, 1925

Marcela Gec was attending Italian convent school, because the territory of Slovenia was under the Italian rule. It had to be her own design to be able to create the embroideryInk drawing on cartridge paper of the hazel nut bush blossoms in late winter.Marcela Gec, 1925marcela bole, drawing, ink, hazel nut bush, slovenian association melbourne, slovenian embroidery

First Holy Communion Certificate awarded to Marcela Gec on April 15, 1923Spomin prvega sv. obhajilafirst holy communion, prvo sv. obhajilo, certificate, marcela bole, slovenian association melbourne

Young girls attending convent school were taught sewing and decorating the garmentsDrawing of a pattern for a nighty with floral decorationGhezzo, Gec M. and measurementssewing pattern, nighty, floral decoration, marcela bole

Drawing of a geometrical pattern using hexagon, diamond shapes and triangles in various coloursGec M. 20.1. 1925 - 3L STgeometrical pattern, marcela bole

Pattern for an apron decorated with flowers and a lace edged bonnetCuffie da Cuginaapron pattern, bonnet pattern, flower embroidery, marcela bole

floral pattern, primula, marcela bole

Pattern using hazel bush as the base flower, arranging it in a circlepattern, geometrical, marcela bole

Preliminary sketch for the future building structures of Slovenian Association MelbourneDrawing of the building - the future Slovenian Association Melbourneslovenian association melbourne, building sketch

A watercolour painting of the Monastery in Tomaj, now SloveniaMarcela Gec, 1925

Pen drawn pattern for embroideryGec M.

Note bookMarcelina Gec

Group of young Slovenians in an Italian refugee camp

Immigration Museum Exhibition panelTitle panel: Where to? To a New Beginning . . .

Exhibition panel depicting the Question Where to?Where to? and Pregled in Slovenian language

Exhibition panel of the Slovenian Exhibition at the Melbourne Immigration MuseumA New Beginning V novo bodocnost (in Slovenian)

Exhibition Catalogue: Where to? To a New Beginning . . .Where to? To a New Beginning . . . in English and Slovenian languages

A title page of Vestnik, May 1964, announcing selection of Miss Slovenia - Miss Danila Bole, now Stolfa

Cimerman family on the way to AustraliaSailing to AustraliaBlack and white photo