List of mosques in Australia explained

This is a list of mosques in Australia.

A listing of mosques (Arabic: masjids) and musallahs in Australia was maintained by Islamiaonline until around 2016.^[1]

Australian Capital Territory

The following is a list of mosques in the Australian Capital Territory.^[2]

align=left width=100px	City	align=left width=150px	Suburb	align=left width=200px	Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	align=left width=050px	Year	align=center width=200px	Group	align=left width=400px class=unsortable	Remarks
Canberra	Gungahlin	Gungahlin Mosque		2017^[3]
	Monash	Canberra Islamic Centre				Includes the Australian National Islamic Library^[4]
	Yarralumla	Canberra Mosque			Sunni

New South Wales

The following is a list of mosques in New South Wales.

align=left width=100px	City	align=left width=150px	Suburb	align=left width=200px	Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	align=left width=050px	Year	align=center width=200px	Group	align=left width=400px class=unsortable	Remarks
Port Macquarie		Historic Court House			Sunni, Shia	Although none exist in the city, the historic court house does many services. Does Jumu’ah only
Central Coast	San Remo	San Remo Musalla
	Gosford	Gosford Musalla
Dubbo	Dubbo South	Dubbo Mosque
Bathurst		Al Sahabah Kelso Mosque
		Bourke cemetery mosque
		William Street Mosque
Albury-Wodonga	Albury North	Albury Mussalla ISAW
Lismore		Lismore Musalla				A musalla rather than a mosque
Griffith		Kotku Riaz Mosque
	Wallsend	Newcastle Mosque				Also known as the Wallsend Mosque.
	Mayfield	Newcastle Islamic Centre
Armidale		University Of New England Musalla				At the University Of New England
Wagga Wagga		Islamic Studies Centre			1995	More a Musalla than a mosque. Originally designed Marcie Webster-Mannison for Charles Sturt University students and staff, it is also used by the Muslim community of Wagga Wagga and the Riverina region of New South Wales.^[5]
Coffs Harbour		Southern Cross University Musalla				More a musalla than a mosque, located at the Southern Cross University
Sydney	Arncliffe	Al-Zahra Mosque			Shia
	Auburn	Auburn Gallipoli Mosque		1999	Sunni - Turkish community
					Shia	Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari
	Blacktown	Afghan Osman Mosque			Afghan	Afghan Community Support Association of NSW Australia
	Bonnyrigg	Bonnyrigg Mosque			Sunni - Turkish community	President: Muhammet ErisImam: Osman Cavuslu
	Greenacre	Malek Fahd Islamic School Mosque			Sunni
	Lakemba	Lakemba Mosque		1977		Lebanese Muslim Association Also known as the Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque Reportedly Australia's largest mosque.^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
	Marsden Park	Baitul Huda Mosque		1989	Ahmadiyya^[12]
	Mount Druitt	Mount Druitt Mosque			Sunni - Turkish community

Queensland

The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.

align=left width=100px	City	align=left width=150px	Suburb	align=left width=200px	Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	align=left width=050px	Year	align=center width=200px	Group	align=left width=400px class=unsortable	Remarks
	Stockleigh	Bait-ul-Masroor		23/10/2013	Ahmadiyya Muslim Association	Accommodates 2,000 worshipers, men and women. Motto: Love for all hatred for none. Ahmadiyya Muslims believe the long-awaited latter-day Messiah appeared in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS) 1835-1908 and he is now succeeded by the fifth Khalifa-tul-Maseeh (Caliphate and spiritual successorship on the precept of prophethood).
Brisbane	West End	West End Mosque			Sunni
	Kuraby	Masjid al-Farooq (Kuraby Mosque)		1990s	Sunni	Original mosque was burnt down in 2001, rebuilt later in the year.^[13] ^[14]
	Holland Park	Holland Park Mosque		1908	Sunni	Original building constructed in 1908, redeveloped as the modern mosque later.
	Lutwyche	Masjidus Sunnah		1990s	Sunni
	Eight Mile Plains	Bosnian Islamic Centre		2014	Sunni - Bosnian community
	Algester	Algester Mosque		1990	Sunni
	Darra	Darra Mosque			Sunni
	Eagleby	Eagleby Mosque		2000
	Moorooka	Moorooka Mosque		2015
Townsville	Mundingburra	Townsville Islamic Society		1980s	Sunni
Cairns	Cairns North	Abu Bakr As-Saddiq Mosque/ Cairns Mosque		2014	Sunni
Mackay	Bakers Creek	Islamic Society of Mackay			Sunni
Mareeba	Mareeba	Mareeba and District Memorial Mosque		1970	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community during 1969-1970, and dedicated to Australian soldiers who lost their lives in war.^[15] ^[16]
Rockhampton	Rockhampton	Islamic Society of Central Queensland			Sunni
Bundaberg	Bundaberg North	Turkish Islamic Association of Bundaberg			Sunni - Turkish community
Toowoomba	Harristown	Toowoomba Mosque		2014	Sunni	Originally a church built in 1910 prior to being redeveloped as a mosque in 2014. Damaged and later rebuilt following a 2015 arson attack.

South Australia

The following is a list of mosques in South Australia.

align=left width=100px	City	align=left width=150px	Suburb	align=left width=200px	Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	align=left width=050px	Year	align=center width=200px	Group	align=left width=400px class=unsortable	Remarks
Adelaide	Adelaide	Central Adelaide Mosque		1888		The Adelaide Mosque is the oldest surviving mosque in Australia and the first to be built in an Australian city. Erected in 1888–89, it was designed to meet the spiritual needs of Muslim cameleers and traders coming in from work in South Australia’s northern regions.
	Park Holme	Masjid Omar Bin Al Khattab				Also known as the Marion Masjid Islamic Society of South Australia^[17]
	Woodville North	Islamic Arabic Centre & Masjid Al Khalil
	Gilles Plains	Wandana Mosque
	Pooraka	Imam Ali Mosque
	Parafield Gardens	Parafield Gardens Masjid
	Green Fields	Green Fields Mosque
	Elizabeth Grove	Elizabeth Mosque
	Gepps Cross	Layla Sadri Tatar Community Centre
	Kilburn	Husayniat 'Ahl Albayt
	Royal Park	Royal Park Mosque
	Beverley	Mahmood Mosque
	Mile End	Islamic Information Centre of SA
	Enfield	Faizan e Madina^[18]
	Murray Bridge	Murray Bridge Turkish Mosque
Renmark		Renmark Mosque
Whyalla		Whyalla Mosque
Marree		Marree Mosque		1862	Afghan	Considered to be the first mosque built on the Australian continent. No longer in use.

Tasmania

The following is a list of mosques in Tasmania.

Victoria

The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.

align=left width=100px	City	align=left width=150px	Suburb	align=left width=200px	Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	align=left width=050px	Year	align=center width=200px	Group	align=left width=400px class=unsortable	Remarks
Melbourne	Carlton North	Carlton Mosque		1969	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in the late 1960s, it is the oldest mosque in Melbourne^[19] ^[20] and listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.^[21]
	Dandenong	Dandenong Mosque		1985	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in 1985,^[22] it is one of the earliest mosques in Victoria.^[23]
	Coburg	Fatih mosque			Sunni - Turkish community
	Preston	Preston Mosque			Sunni - Arabic community
	Reservoir	Reservoir Mosque			Sunni - Albanian community
	Sunshine	Sunshine Mosque		1985	Sunni - Turkish community	The largest mosque in Victoria
	Deer Park	Deer Park Mosque		1993	Sunni - Bosnian community
	Thomastown	Thomastown Mosque		early 1990s	Sunni - Turkish Community	Built (early 1990s) by the Turkish Australian community and located opposite Thomastown train station.^[24]
	Tarneit	Melbourne Grand Mosque		2020	Sunni
Shepparton		Albanian Mosque		1960	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in the late 1950s, it is the first^[25] ^[26] and oldest mosque in both Shepparton and Victoria.^[27] ^[28]
Mooroopna		Mooroopna Mosque			Sunni - Turkish community

Western Australia

The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.

align=left width=100px	City	align=left width=150px	Suburb	align=left width=200px	Name	align=center width=160px class=unsortable	Images	align=left width=050px	Year	align=center width=200px	Group	align=left width=400px class=unsortable	Remarks
Perth	Perth	Perth Mosque		1906		The oldest mosque in Perth and the second oldest purpose-built mosque in Australia.^[29]
	Wangara	Alhidayah Centre
	Malaga	Al Khalil Mosque		2019
	Wattle Grove	Al Falah Mosque		2015
	Langford	Al Latief Mosque
	Padbury	Al Majid Mosque
	Gosnells	Al Rahman Mosque
	Mirrabooka	Al Taqwa Mosque		1997
	Armadale	Armadale Masjid and Islamic Center		2016
	Rockingham	Ar Rukun Mosque		1998
	Belmont	Furqan Islamic Centre
	Southern River	Masjid Ibrahim
	Rivervale	Rivervale Mosque		1977		Perth’s second oldest metropolitan mosque and headquarters of the Islamic Council of Western Australia.^[30]
	Queens Park	Suleymaniye Mosque		1982	Turkish community
	Caversham	Swan Valley Mosque and Islamic Centre		2007	Bosnian community
	Thornlie	Thornlie Mosque
Geraldton		Geraldton Mosque
Port Hedland		Islamic Association of North Western Australia
Karratha		Karratha Mosque
Katanning		Katanning Mosque		1980		The mosque was opened in 1980 after it was built by the local Islamic community who arrived in Katanning in 1974 from Christmas Island and Cocos Islands.^[31]
Kalgoorlie		Masjid e Quba Islamic Center
Newman		Newman Mosque

Australian external territories

Christmas Island

There is one mosque on Christmas Island, which is located in Flying Fish Cove, the main town on the island.^[32]

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands is an external territory of Australia. There are only two permanently inhabited islands:

• The West Island Mosque is a heritage-listed mosque at Alexander Street, on West Island.^[33]
• The Home Island Mosque is on Home Island.^{[34] [35]}

See also

• List of mosques in Oceania

Notes and References

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2. Saeed, Abdullah. "Muslim Australians: Their beliefs, practices and institutions." Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and Australian Multicultural Foundation, 2004.
3. News: Walmsley . Hannah . Community celebrates opening of new Islamic mosque in Canberra's north . 25 October 2017 . ABC News . 6 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171026063652/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-06/community-celebrates-gungahlin-mosque-opening/9018226 . 26 October 2017 . live.
4. Web site: Australian National Islamic Library (ANIL) – Public Library . Canberra Islamic Centre . 31 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227014033/http://www.cic-anil.org.au/how-can-we-help-you/australian-national-islamic-library-anil . 27 February 2015 . live.
5. Sam Bowker, 'Friday Essay: The Australian Mosque' https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-australian-mosque-65101 Retrieved 10 December 2019
6. Book: Andrew Wilkie . Andrew Wilkie . Axis of Deceit: The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Whistleblower . 1 September 2010 . Black Inc. . 978-1-921825-69-9 . 130.
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8. Web site: Public Welcomed into Australia's Mosque Open Day . Sam . McKeith . 31 October 2015 . Huff Post . 16 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180714050749/https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/10/31/mosque-islam-australia_n_8438558.html . 14 July 2018 . live.
9. Web site: Lakemba Mosque removes Christmas 'fatwa' post . Natalie O'Brien and Rachel . Olding . 23 December 2012 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180714022426/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/lakemba-mosque-removes-christmas-fatwa-post-20121223-2btaj.html . 14 July 2018 . live.
10. Web site: Christmas message written above mosque . 11 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151122134428/http://www.news.com.au/national/lakemba-mosque-imam-issues-fatwa-against-christmas-report/story-fndo4eg9-1226542519830 . 22 November 2015 . live .
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17. http://islamicsocietysa.org.au/ Islamic Society of South Australia
18. Web site: Enfield – Faizan e Madina . Go Pray! . 15 November 2023.
19. News: Kajtazi. Sani. Danae Bosler - City of Yarra Mayor at 50th Anniversary of the Albanian Mosque. SBS. 23 November 2019. 5 August 2020.
20. News: Renaldi. Erwin. Masjid Pertama di Melbourne Dibangun Oleh Pendatang Asal Albania [Melbourne's First Mosque Was Built By Albanian Migrants]. ABC. 19 November 2019. 5 August 2020. id.
21. 326. 2020-08-05.
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23. Ahmeti. Sharon. 2017. Albanian Muslims in Secular, Multicultural Australia. Ph.D.. University of Aberdeen. 11 August 2020. 39, 56, 106, 159. 23 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123170344/https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.723248. dead.
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30. Web site: Rivervale Mosque ICWA . 2022-04-23 . en-US.
31. News: 2016-06-23 . Laying foundations for migration success story . en-AU . ABC News . 2022-04-23.
32. https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/726d9dbb-38af-e811-a963-000d3ad24077/profile
33. 9/04/001/0013. 16 March 2022.
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