List of mosques in Australia

This is a list of mosques in Australia.

A listing of mosques (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]

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	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.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	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		Bourke cemetery mosque
Broken Hill		William Street Mosque
Albury-Wodonga	Albury North	Albury Mussalla ISAW
Lismore	Young Mosque	Lismore Musalla				A musalla rather than a mosque
Griffith		Kotku Riaz Mosque
Newcastle	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
	Bankstown	Al-Rasool Al-A'dham Mosque			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 Eris Imam: 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.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	Remarks
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] [17]
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.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	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 [18]
	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 [19]
	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.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	Remarks
Hobart	West Hobart	Hobart Mosque		1985
Launceston	Kings Meadows	The House of Guidance		2021

Victoria

The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	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 [20] [21] [22] and listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. [23]
	Dandenong	Dandenong Mosque		1985	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in 1985, [24] it is one of the earliest mosques in Victoria. [25]
	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. [26]
	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 [15] [27] and oldest mosque in both Shepparton and Victoria. [20] [28]
Mooroopna		Mooroopna Mosque			Sunni - Turkish community

Western Australia

The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	Remarks
Perth	Perth	Perth Mosque	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

Home Island Mosque

Further information: 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

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