Baraga House - Recreation roomGathering of young SloveniansBlack and white photo

Celebration of Baraga House HostelIst AnniversaryBlack and white photo

Marcela bole School Certificate from 1923

Marcela bole School Certificate from 1927

School Certificate of Marcela Bole in Italian school

Marcela Bole Gec Monastery School Tomaj School Certificate from year 1924

Marcela Bole Gec Monastery School Tomaj School Certificate from year 1925school, certificate, gec monastery school, bole

Parents Gec, brothers and sisters of the poet Marcela Bole, 1938Family Gec, parents sitting - Ema, Ludvik, Pavla, half brother Janez, Ljudmila and Marcela in 1938marcela bole, slovenian poet, slovenian association melbourne, slovenia under italy

Arrival of Bole family on Toscana, 1955Photo of Bole family on Toscana, 1955, arriving to Sydney: fourth from left Neva, than Marcela holding a hat, and Danilatoscana, slovenian family bole, slovenian association melbourne,

Migrant family Bole in Australia, 1958Family Bole in Australia, Pascoe Vale, September 5, 1958: daughter Danila, 13; Silvester, Marcela giving her husband an expresso coffee to celebrate the occasion, and Neva 17 years oldslovenian migrant family, marcela bole, slovenian association melbourne

First year in AustraliaPhoto of family Bole in 1956, first year in Australia, Pascoe Vale, living with family Zavadlalslovenian family bole, slovenian association melbourne

Marcela (hat in hand) and Silvester Bole with daughters Danila (with a doll) and Neva (hat in hand), Trieste 1955 before boarding ToscanaMarcela and Silvester Bole with Danila and Neva, Trieste 1955, before boarding Toscanaslovenian family bole, trieste, toscana, 1955, slovenian association melbourne

Marcela Bole in Trieste, 1953, centrephoto, family

Four sisters from Gec family, 1932 Štiri sestre iz družine Gec, 1932Sisters: Ema, Ljudmila, Pavla and Marcela Gec, married Bole, 1932 Sestre: Ema, Ljudmila, Pavla in Marcela Gec, poročene Bole, 1932family gec, marcela bole, slovenian association melbourne

Young ladies in 1933Marcela Gec as a young lady in 1933, centre, later married Silvester Bolemarcela gec-bole, slovenia, slovenian association melbourne

Photo of Anica grandparents

white red and blue folded flayerinvitation, anniversary, slovenian association melbourne, 1984

The lake surrounds Bled Island (Blejski otok). The island has several buildings, the main one being the pilgrimage church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary (Cerkev Marijinega vnebovzetja), built in its current form near the end of the 17th century, and decorated with remains of Gothic frescos from around 1470 in the presbyterium and rich Baroque equipment. The church has a 52 m (171 ft) tower and there is a Baroque stairway dating from 1655 with 99 stone steps leading up to the building. The church is frequently visited and weddings are held there regularly. Traditionally it is considered good luck for the groom to carry his bride up the steps on the day of their wedding before ringing the bell and making a wish inside the church. The traditional transportation to Bled Island is a wooden boat known as a pletna. The word pletna is a borrowing from Bavarian German Plätten 'flat-bottomed boat'. Some sources claim the pletna was used in Lake Bled as early as 1150 AD, but most historians date the first boats to 1590 AD. Similar in shape to Italian gondolas, a pletna seats 20 passengers. Modern boats are still made by hand and are recognizable by their colorful awnings. Pletna oarsman employ the stehrudder technique to propel and navigate boats across the lake using two oars. The role of the oarsman dates back to 1740, when Empress Maria Theresa granted 22 local families exclusive rights to ferry religious pilgrims across Lake Bled to worship on Bled Island. The profession is still restricted. Many modern oarsman descend directly from the original 22 families. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_BledDigital photographlake bled, church, stairway, steps, slovenia, stone, tradition