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After the passage of several years, plans were prepared by architect Veljko Travica, together with builder Dragan Tošić, to build a new larger club. With the successful insurance claim from the fire and generous donations from members of the Serbian community, works on erecting a new club commenced in mid-1979. After completion of the foundation, it was officially consecrated in September of that year by His Grace Bishop Vasilije, with almost 3,000 people in attendance.
A significant amount of material for the construction of the club was donated by Dragan Tošić, Nikola Kokotović, and Drago Ribić. Like all Serbian community projects, a volunteer workforce had an enormous impact, with many people dedicating their time and hard work. Particularly notable contributions wer made by Krsto Romić (concrete & steel work) and Mirko Vukmirica (caretaker of the land) in managing the day-to-day work on the building project.
The majority of the construction work would be done from 1979 to 1985. The volunteer workforce, combined with significant donations, both large and small, all contributed to the realisation of this “Serbian House” (Srpska Kuća). The main hall of the centre was dedicated to “General Draža Mihailović” leader of the Third Serbian Uprising, bearing his name in memorial.
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The Movement of Serbian Chetniks Ravna Gora, a World War II veterans association, was founded in 1954 by former combatants from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Having no desire to remain in communist Yugoslavia these veterans together with many families, elected to cross into northern Italy at the conclusion of World War II and eventually settled in Western Europe, North America, and Australia.