The imposing red brick towers of the St George Church are easily visible as you approach. "free Serbian" Churches were founded by loyalists: Serbs who supported the Monarchy and staunchly opposed the communist takeover in Yugoslavia after 1945. The first Serb immigrants arrived in Australia from resettlement camps in Germany, Austria and Italy after the Second World War. In the late 1990s many refugees arrived escaping the wars in the Balkans.Date2001Transcripts availableNoRightsFairfield City CouncilAccess conditionsAccess open for research, written permission required for personal copies and public useNotes"Tune into Fairfield City- A Multicultural Driving tour" was launched in 2001 as a joint initiative between the NSW Heritage Group, NSW Premier's Department and Fairfield City Council. The tour comprises of 15 locations around the LGA ranging from places of worship to shopping town centres. The tour presented Fairfield City Council with a vehicle to enhance the social cohesiveness within the multicultural community and provided the community with a means to exchange and interact
Essentially the tour represents the multicultural aspect of the City, assists in promoting the LGA and helps to inform tour participants of the historic and cultural aspects of multicultural Fairfield.
Tune in to Fairfield City - Stop 13 - Saint George Free Serbian Orthodox Church (2001). Fairfield City Heritage Collection, accessed 10/03/2026, https://heritagecollection.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/4183
