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Australian Slovenian Review Winter 1996 Slovenian Review jgg$jga)gg£8 &§§ & Winter 1996 volume 3 Issue 2 /ns/ce xhe Port Arthur issuem Slovenia Tragedy This is an extractfrom an article written byLindsay at the Nanette, a vivacious redhead, and Walter, a shy Simpson and published in theSydneyMorning Herald Olympic on Saturday, 4 May 1996, and has been reprintedwith man whose family was from Slovenia, had been their kindpermission. married for 10 years. They met at the Austin Games Hospital in Melbourne 12 years ago while she was It was shortly before mid-day when Nanette a nurse and he was training to become a chemist. Mikac, packed her two children, Alannah, 6, and Madeline, 3, into the four-wheel drive parked Nanette enjoyed being with people. One ofher Slovenian outside her house in the small township of favourite places was the Port Arthur Historic Site, Gays Nubeena on the Tasman Peninsula. where she worked as a guide. She would call in even on her days off. That Sunday was no Most tourists drive straight down the Arthur exception, but she was going to stop at the Highway to the historic penal settlement past the Koonya market, where locals bought and sold turnoff to Nubeena, livestock and History and miss some of the "Nanette, tt ViVttCWUS redhead, and home produce best countryside on wvr _ , , •»•» Part 11 the peninsula. Walter, a shy man whosefamily As Nanette wasfrom Slovenia, had been placed Maddy Nubeena is a inside her car sprawling, rather marriedfor 10years" seat and Slovene unattractive town, secured her seat but its setting is belt, many or beautiful. Many ofthe houses are shacks with other people were preparing to travel to the Port views of Wedge Bay. The locals are fisherman, Arthur Historic Site that day: solicitors on Slovenian farmers or office workers. holiday, seasoned coach drivers, recent retirees - and a young man called Martin Bryant, who has That Sunday morning, Nanette had decided to go been charged with the murder ofone ofthose Slovenian to the local market at Koonya, about 12 people, and is expected to be charged in Political kilometres from her home. Her husband, Walter, connection with 34 more deaths. Delegation was getting ready for a rare game ofgolf. He would turn 34 on Tuesday. Nanette had bought the girls some peanuts, and (Continued on page 3) Page 2 Editorial/Writing Irene Stariha DorothyKobal RobertPecovnfk Renata'Susanf JLS<R Miriam Stariha PaulLukezic f'MarieWilham:;\ (EcfitoriaC '::l«i :"i RudiCrniec < John Kern JaniDi salvo Now that you know who I am I feel as though I have to watch what I say! After that thought I've been sitting here looking at the monitor for 5 minutes choosing my words too carefully. No, forget that! Ifyou don't like what I say tell me, either directly or in your letters to the Marketing/Public Relations editor. Robert Suber Jude Bavcar-Skubla n ,, \Mark'Starlha u,, I'm going to suggest that our generation is just as political as our parents' was, and that we are *'-, Jeiinwptariha&leesing®''' in fact making anyjoining of the Slovenian community as difficult as our parents did. We hold Vanessa Fabjandtd our allegiances to organisations too single mindedlyand don't lookat the bigger picture of the good of the Sloveniancommunity! Production CirilKosorolc Why do I make these unflattering statementsabout a group that considers itself to be far more tHenryStariha broadmindedthantheirparents? I'll tell you why. On the Mother's DayweekendI spent JohnKobal extended periods of timeat all of the Slovenia Culturalorganisations in Sydney - At SDS, St Rafael's Church and Triglav. At each of these locations I was struck with the realisation that EditorialConsuUants 1 OlgaLah our generation is reproducing at an almostalarmingrate. Babies and youngchildrenwere Soma Kolar invading all ofthe spaceas weretheirparents. This is great(as long as I don't haveto smell any soilednappies!). However the interestingpoint is that very few of these faces were Administration reproduced in othersettings. For example one set of peoplewere at SDS, anotherat the .RenataSitsanf Churchandyet another at Triglav. Certainly therewere some exceptions (myselfamongst Sylvia Kuznik them)but generally speaking, ourgeneration seemsto frequent onlyone Slovenian cultural <TheAustralian Slovenian Review is a location. non- profitventure, which aims to publish quarterly. Productionand Doesn'tthatmake usjust likeourparents, unable to forget ourdifferences andcome together distribution^ costs areifunded by sponsorshipand advertising. to createa stronger community? WhenI discussedthis observation with somefriends theyfelt it had onlyto do with comfort zones, familiarity and seeingold friends. I wonderifthe reason is deeper andwein fact aren'teven aware ofourbias' against otherSlovenian organisations. The ASR is. not a platformfor any particularinterestgroupand does not Perhaps weshould make a conscious effort to visitthe"other place" andseewhatit may have represent any group or organisation withinthe Sloveniancommunity. to offer orourorganisations may suffer a similar fate to thatofthe Italian Apiaclubwhich has closed duetothelackofinterest in theyounger generation. Youmay say"So whatdoes it matter?" I say it matters alot as these clubs are the caretakers ofwhat little Slovenian culture The ASRteam believethatthere there is in Australia and we don't want to lose even that. should be.a forum available to inform and discuss issuesthat are ofinterest to first and second generation Australians Speaking of losing ourculture, just recently (inmyotherlife)I havecomeacross a variety of with a Slovenian heritage. tales from a diversity ofcultures. These folk taleshave beenpassed on from onegeneration to thenext. Nowthatthey have been translated theywill continue to be enjoyed bymany families whowill learnaboutthevalues and beliefs ofthesepeople. Howmany Slovenian folktalesdo Articlesfor publications are most you remember fromyouryouthto sharewith futuregenerations? If you're like me it's not welcome. They may be presented hand written,typed or preferrablyon a MS- many! Let's startan anthology by sendingin as manyas we can remember, or findingand DOS format floppy disk. Articles can compiling them. I'm sureit would make interesting reading forus and helpretainourpast. be sentto: YetagainI've lostthe plotand forgotten to tell you aboutthis issue! Read it and you will see we learn about stimulatingand successful Slovenians from the past and today. We find out if ASR, P.O.BoxKL806 it's Slovenianor Slovenethat we speak, and we share with you some information about some Kings Langley 2147 interesting visitors from Slovenia. orfaxedto:(02)674 4583 On a much more sorrowful note,we also share with you the shocking and devastating experienceencounteredby a young Slovenianfamily encountered at Port Arthur. No words Sponsorshipor advertising enquiries could ever describ the pain we felt and continue to feel for all of the victims and their families should be directedto: of this most horrific event. All we can do is pray that those who have survivedwill find peace in their futurelivesand offeranyassistancepossible to help them achievethis. Robert Suber on (02) 829 1303 To all ofthe victims R.I.P.*> Page 3 (Continuedfrom page 1) they beganwalking up towards the parsonage at the topof the site, awayfrom the road downtowardsthe tollgate. But halfway there Nanette made the decision that was to alter her fate, and began heading towards the road. It was 1:30pm. Something was not right. She had heard popping sounds coming from the cafe, and now, when she was about 300 metres up the road, a mustard-coloured Volvo was heading up the road to the tollgate. She began running, picking Maddy and shouting to Alannah to run. Inside the tollbooth a staffmember watched horrified as the man inside the Volvo got out and calmly raised the rifle he was holding. Nanette died still holding Maddy, who was Slovenian American to carry Olympic Torch shot in the head. Alannah ran, terrified, behind the only through Ohio. source of refuge in the park, a large stringybark tree, but the Melissa Ann Snyder, 18 has been chosen as one of gunman relentlessly followed her, aiming his rifle around the the 10,000 runners throughout the United States tree and shooting at point-blank range. who will carry the Olympic Torch as it winds through 42 states on its way to the opening On the golf course, Walter was halfway through his game ceremonies in Atlanta. She was selected by a panel with his friend Eddie. He too heard the popping sounds. He of 15 regional judges based on an essay submitted by and Eddie decided it was a machine used to drive in fence her older brother Anthony which sought "community heros" from across the country. Snyder posts. will carry the torch, weighing over six kilos,for approximately a kilometre on June 10 before passing At 3:00pm, Walter Mikac approached the tollbooth at the it on to the next runner, "my only fear is that I'll entrance to the site. He knew something terrible had have trouble carrying the heavy torch. I'd like to do happened. He drove past the white Corolla with Zoe it on roller blades, but they probably won't let me." slumpedat the wheel, but his mind was on Nanette, Maddy and Alannah. He had to find their car. He had to know were Pope visits Slovenia. they were. jggg mmr tmm* >Between the I, __ SLOVENIJA 17th and 19th He was walking down the hill, frantic, when he saw someone ^^m -^r ofiCtT he knew approaching him. Nanette and the children were f^^Slu Iffl^' Holiness Pope dead. -? jSj 5Jy ^onn **au* ^ visited tL^f^>-• Slovenia. The visit had three gjjfe^ ^ major stops; inLjubljana, he The ASR has learned that the Mikac ^P^frPs ' lead amass to celebrate the SLQyEftijAr' 1250th anniversary ofthe family were not in fact Slovenian, butfrom »•--^^2°? reception of the Slovenians to Istria. They did however regularly attend MjfKm- Christian nations in Europe; in TUfT Postonja hemeet a delegation ofyoung the Slovenian church in Melbourne, • people; and in Maribor he lead a mass in according to Fr.
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