The Croatian Language

• Croatian is a South Slavic language spoken by about 5.6 million people, mainly in Croatia.
• It is based on the Shtokavian dialect, which is also the basis for Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin.
• Croatian uses the Latin alphabet, and its standard form was established in the 19th century.

About Villawood

Villawood, a suburb of local government areas City of Bankstown and City of Fairfield, is 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia is a part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Villawood is a residential suburb with its name often associated with the notoriety of the detention centre located here.

The Aboriginal tribe of Gandangara once lived in the area. European settlement began in the early 1840s. During the 1860s, Villawood was used as pastoral land, but it was overrun with wild and rabid dogs. Woodville Road, which runs through Villawood, was once named Dog Trap Road because many farmers set dog traps for these wild dogs. A train station opened in 1922 to service the area was originally known as Woodville Road. Unfortunately, there was confusion with another place called Woodville in the Hunter Valley and thus the name was transposed into 'Villawood'.

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