The Serbian Language

• Serbian is a South Slavic language and uses both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.
• It is one of the few European languages with active digraphia (use of two writing systems).
• The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet was devised in 1814 by linguist Vuk Karadžić on phonemic principles.
• Serbian is a South Slavic language spoken by about 12 million people, mainly in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia.
• It uses both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets, with the choice depending on the region and context.
• Serbian has a rich cultural heritage, with contributions to literature, music, and folklore.

About Lewisham

Lewisham is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lewisham is located 7 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Inner West Council. The postcode is 2049. Lewisham is surrounded by the suburbs of Petersham, Dulwich Hill, Summer Hill, Haberfield and Leichhardt.

Lewisham took its name in 1834 from the estate of Joshua Frey Josephson, a German-born businessman who would later become mayor of Sydney. The estate was named after the London borough of Lewisham, which means Leofsa's village or manor.

The original residents of the Lewisham area were the Cadigal clan of the Darug tribe. Artefacts found near the Cooks River indicate at least 7,000 years of habitation in the local area. When the First Fleet arrived in 1788, the settlers set up camp in the middle of Cadigal territory. While the first governor Arthur Phillip tried to establish cordial relations with the Cadigals and their neighbours, the two groups were competing for the same food sources and tensions inevitably developed. In 1789, a smallpox epidemic wiped out the majority of the Cadigals. By 1809, all the land within Lewisham had been granted.

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