When the Free Serbian Church was established in Wodonga it was the only one in a country centre and the third Serbian Church established in Australia. It had a congregation of approximately 40 members. The Church was originally the first Presbyterian Church in Wodonga. It is a rectangular brick building with a red Colourbond gable roof to the nave area and a domed roof to the rear of the nave. Many features of the architecture from the original building remain. However, changes were made during the refurbishment by the Free Serbian congregation. The original façade red brickwork was rendered and painted white and it was modified to include two round arched relief panels. The upper relief panel was divided into three blocks of colour - red, pale blue and grey, with a centrally located gold cross. The relief panel above the double timber front doors has a gold cross and Serbian iconography. A cross was located on the wall at the apex of the gable and a cross rising up from the gable. The original pointed gothic style windows were replaced with round arched windows. The window hardware now includes wrought iron decorative features. A domed roofed area was constructed to the rear of the nave. The perimeter fence and gates included decorative wrought iron elements. The gates are particularly decorative with floral emblems and Serbian and English text in wrought iron. These photographs are significant because they provide evidence of the changing nature of religious worship and groups in Wodonga.A collection of black and white and coloured photographic images depicting the Free Serbian Orthodox Church, Wodonga. The Church was originally the first Presbyterian Church in Wodonga. It was extensively modified in 1961-62.free serbian orthodox church, wodonga churches, presbyterian church, religion wodonga

Members of the Presbyterian faith were among the first settlers in the North-east of Victoria, and in the year 1842 the Presbytery of Melbourne requested the Rev. Peter Gunn, Minister of the Gaelic Church, Melbourne, to visit Presbyterians along the Murray River. This was the first of a series of annual visits, and was of a missionary nature. In May 1851, the Rev. David Hunter Ballantyne was appointed to the Wodonga district based out of Albury. In 1860 the Presbytery of Beechworth was formed, and from it two large presbyteries have grown - Wagga Wagga and Beechworth. In the early days the services at Wodonga were held in the old court house, which still stands. Wodonga Presbyterian Church continued as part of the Parish of Albury until the end of 1887, when it was placed under the administration of the Session of the Beechworth Church, with a home missionary in charge. Mr William Cooper was placed in charge for the first months, then Mr William Smith, a city missionary who had recently arrived from Scotland, was appointed. Mr Smith conducted a cordage factory at Stonleigh. He remained as missionary in charge for the next 10 years, and in that time the church steadily progressed. Plans were made for the erection of the building which now stands in High Street, Wodonga. Mr John Whan was a Founding Member of the Church and was appointed Sunday School Superintendent, an office which he held for 46 years, rendering extensive and valued service to the church and congregation. With a growing congregation and realising the challenges presented to the Church by changing conditions, land for a new church was sought. In September 1950 property was purchased in Nilmar Avenue in Wodonga and the new Presbyterian Church St Stephens became their new home. With the amalgamation of the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, the new Church became the Uniting Church. The original Presbyterian Church was later sold to the Free Serbian Orthodox Church.These photographs are significant because they provide evidence of the changing nature of religious worship and groups in Wodonga.A collection of black and white photographic images depicting the first Presbyterian Church at Wodonga. The Church was later taken over by the Free Serbian Orthodox Church.presbyterian church, free serbian orthodox church, wodonga churches

This list of City of Sunshine heritage‑listed properties is protected because they demonstrate important aspects of the area’s history — industrial innovation, early settlement, worker housing, civic development, and significant Aboriginal cultural landscapes. Heritage Listed Reference Numbers: Sunshine - Deer Park area 6737 - Heritage Places Formerly With the City Of Sunshine 13th July 2009 Page 1.jpg Heritage Precincts Commonwealth Munitions Housing Estate HO H019 Concrete Housing Estate Leith Avenue Sunshine HO H020 ICI Residential Area Deer Park HO H021 Sunshine Commercial Heritage Area HO H022 McKay Housing Estate Durham Road HOC H023 McKay Housing Estate King Edward Avenue HOC H024 Railway Estate Sunshine HO H025 War Service Homes Heritage Area Sunshine HO H026 Heritage Place Massey Ferguson Complex Devonshire Road Sunshine H03 John Darling & Son Flour Mill 74 Sydney Street Albion H04 Rail Bridge (Albion Viaduct) Over Maribyrnong River HO5 Black Powder Mill Parklea Avenue And Grassy Point Road Cairnlea HO6 Foxley Lodge Farm And Its Drystone Walls 472A Boundary Road Derrimut H08 1 Corio Steet Sunshine H09 H.V. McKay Memorial Gardens HO10 H.V. McKay Offices 2 Devonshire Road Sunshine HO11 Main Outfall Sewer Brimbank (Brooklyn) HO13 Mt. Derrimut Homestead, Its Drystone Walls And Associated Buildings Including The Meteorological Centre Mt. Derrimut Road Derrimut H017 H. V. McKay Offices (Eastern portion of the complex) 2 Devonshire Road HO18 Albion VR DC Substation Talmage Street Albion H028 Pig And Calf Market 55 Market Road Brooklyn H029 Monsanto Chemicals Huntsman Chemical Co 455 Somerville Road Brooklyn H030 Deer Park Explosive Factories Complex Off Ballarat Road Deer Park H032 6737 - Heritage Places Formerly With the City Of Sunshine 13th July 2009 Page 2.jpg Heritage Place (Cont) Hume And Hovell Cairn Cnr Station Road And Ballarat Road Deer Park H034 Anderson Farm House 100 Taylors Road St. Albans HO36 Hume And Hovell Cairn East Esplanade St. Albans H038 Sunshine Signal Box Off Hampshire Road H039 Black Arch Rail Bridge Sunshine Road Sunshine H040 Sugar Gum Row Talmage Street Albion H042 Railway Culvert Sydenham Road St. Albans HO43 Sunshine Advocate Office 11 - 15 Sun Crescent Sunshine H051 Keigilo, now Sacred Heart Presbytery 4 Winifred Street St. Albans HO52 H.V. McKay Memorial Gates Anderson Road Sunshine H053 H.V. McKay Memorial Presbyterian Church Anderson Road Sunshine H054 Sam McKay House And Garden 147 Anderson Road Sunshine H055 Former Sunshine Technical School Derby Road Sunshine H056 Former Sunshine Girls Technical School Derby Road Sunshine H057 Pedestrian Footbridge Over Railway 1 Devonshire Road Sunshine H058 House At 48 Station Place Sunshine H061 ANZ Bank Former ES&A Bank 115 Durham Road Sunshine H063 Sunshine Metropolitan Fire Station And Flats 330 Hampshire Road Sunshine H064 Derrimut Hotel 132 Durham Road Sunshine H065 St. Mark's Anglican Church 49 Suns Crescent Sunshine H066 Robinson House 33 Sun Crescent Sunshine H067 St. Theresa Catholic Church & School 26 Adelaide Street Albion H070 Curacloe H071 Former Wunderlich Now West End Market 47 - 49 McIntyre Road Sunshine North H073 Selwyn Park Albion H074 Sunshine Baptist Church 42 Ridley Street & 16 Sydney Street Albion H075 Cameron House & Dairy H076 6737 - Heritage Places Formerly With the City Of Sunshine 13th July 2009 Page 3.jpg Heritage Place (Cont) Houses & Trees 22 - 24 Talmage Street Albion H077 Ford (Solomon Ford) Burke Road To Canning Street Avondale Heights H079 Lions House Of Sunshine 8 Watt Street Sunshine H080 Guiding Star Hotel 700 Geelong Road Brooklyn H081 Hunt Club Hotel 775 Ballarat Road Deer Park H082 Deer Park Hotel 760 Ballarat Road Deer Park H083 Deer Park Primary School No 1434 812 Ballarat Road Deer Park H084 Opie's Dairy 2 - 4 Egan Street Deer Park H086 St. John's Anglican Church & Hall 2 - 4 Miles Street Deer Park H087 Neale Road Ford 192 Neale Road Deer Park H088 Deer Park Hall 50 Station Road Deer Park H089 Sunshine Market 13 - 19 City Place Sunshine H091 House St. Albans Estate 16 Arthur Street St. Albans HO98 St. Albans Uniting Church (Formerly Presbyterian) 24 - 26 East Esplanade St. Albans HO99 St. George's Free Serbian Orthodox Church 6 Kate Street St. Albans HO101 Errington Reserve & Memorial Gardens 309A Main Road East St. Albans HO102 St. Albans Community Hall Youth Club 309A Main Road East St. Albans HO103 Methodist Church & Hall 32 Devonshire Road Sunshine H0105 Macedonian Community Centre 45 Fourth Avenue Sunshine H0106 Hannah McKay House 145 Anderson Road Albion HO107 6737 - Heritage Places Formerly With the City Of Sunshine 13th July 2009 Page 4.jpg Heritage Place (Cont) Chemist Shop 234 Hampshire Road Sunshine H0108 Sunshine Municipal Offices 6 - 18 Alexandra Avenue Sunshine H0109 Sunshine Primary School 3113 111 Derby Road Sunshine H0110 Standard Steel 12 - 16 Market Road Sunshine H0111 Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 93 Monash Street Sunshine H0113 Parsons House 114 Moris Street Sunshine H0114 Our Lady's School Station Place Monash Street Sunshine H0115 Palmas 2 Tyler Street Sunshine H0116 St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church (Greek Cypriot) 14 Simmie Street Sunshine West H0119 William McKay House 150 Durham Road Sunshine H0121 Albion Primary School No 4265 61 - 81 Adelaide Street Albion H0122 Ralph's Meatworks 690 Geelong Road Brooklyn H0123 Former Church of Christ 81 - 83 Hampshire Road Sunshine H0125 Former Masonic Lodge No 226 93 Hampshire Road Sunshine H0126 Sunshine Picture Theatre 126 - 128 Hampshire Road Sunshine H0127 Shops 193 - 199 Hampshire Road Sunshine H0130 Ukrainian Catholic Church 2 Holmes Street Ardeer H0132 Shops 207 - 219 Hampshire Road Sunshine H0133 Victorian Row House 25 Benjamin Street Sunshine H0134 Victorian Row House 29 Benjamin Street Sunshine H0135 Victorian Row House 31 Benjamin Street Sunshine H0136 Victorian Row House 33 Benjamin Street Sunshine H0137 Victorian Row House 35 Benjamin Street Sunshine H0138 50 Forrest Street Albion H0139