List of mosques in Australia

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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]

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Australian Capital Territory

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

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Canberra Gungahlin Gungahlin Mosque2017 [3]
Monash Canberra Islamic Centre
Canberra Islamic Centre December 2014.jpg
Includes the Australian National Islamic Library [4]
Yarralumla Canberra Mosque
Entrance to Canberra Mosque December 2013.jpg
Sunni

New South Wales

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

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
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
Mosque in bourke cemetery nsw australia.jpg
Broken Hill William Street Mosque
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Albury-Wodonga Albury North Albury Mussalla ISAW
Lismore Lismore MusallaA musalla rather than a mosque
Griffith Kotku Riaz Mosque
Newcastle Wallsend Newcastle MosqueAlso known as the Wallsend Mosque.
Mayfield Newcastle Islamic Centre
Armidale University Of New England MusallaAt the University Of New England
Wagga Wagga Islamic Studies Centre1995More 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 MusallaMore a musalla than a mosque, located at the Southern Cross University
Sydney Arncliffe Al-Zahra Mosque
Arncliffe Mosque.JPG
Shia
Auburn Auburn Gallipoli Mosque
Auburn Gallipoli Mosque.JPG
1999 Sunni - Turkish community
Bankstown Al-Rasool Al-A'dham Mosque ShiaAyatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari
BlacktownAfghan Osman Mosque
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Afghan Afghan Community Support Association of NSW Australia
BonnyriggBonnyrigg Mosque
Bonnyrigg Mosque.jpg
Sunni - Turkish communityPresident: Muhammet Eris

Imam: Osman Cavuslu

Greenacre Malek Fahd Islamic School Mosque
Chullora Greenacre Mosque.JPG
Sunni
Lakemba Lakemba Mosque
Eid Prayer at Lakemba Mosque.jpg
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
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1989 Ahmadiyya [12]
Mount Druitt Mount Druitt Mosque
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Sunni - Turkish community

Queensland

The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
StockleighBait-ul-Masroor23/10/2013Ahmadiyya Muslim AssociationAccommodates 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
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Sunni
Kuraby Masjid al-Farooq (Kuraby Mosque) Kuraby Mosque, Brisbane.jpg 1990sSunniOriginal mosque was burnt down in 2001, rebuilt later in the year. [13] [14]
Holland Park Holland Park Mosque1908SunniOriginal building constructed in 1908, redeveloped as the modern mosque later.
Lutwyche Masjidus Sunnah
Lutwyche islamic centre.jpg
1990sSunni
Eight Mile Plains Bosnian Islamic Centre Rochedale Bosnian Mosque, Brisbane.jpg 2014Sunni - Bosnian community
Algester Algester Mosque1990Sunni
Darra Darra MosqueSunni
Eagleby Eagleby Mosque2000
Moorooka Moorooka Mosque2015
Townsville Mundingburra Townsville Islamic Society TSV masjid.jpg 1980sSunni
Cairns Cairns North Abu Bakr As-Saddiq Mosque/ Cairns Mosque Cairns masjid.jpg 2014Sunni
Mackay Bakers Creek Islamic Society of MackaySunni
Mareeba Mareeba Mareeba and District Memorial Mosque Mareeba Masjid.jpg 1970Sunni - Albanian communityBuilt by the Albanian community during 1969-1970, and dedicated to Australian soldiers who lost their lives in war. [15] [16] [17]
Rockhampton RockhamptonIslamic Society of Central Queensland
Mosque Rockhampton.jpg
Sunni
Bundaberg Bundaberg North Turkish Islamic Association of BundabergSunni - Turkish community
Toowoomba Harristown Toowoomba Mosque2014SunniOriginally 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.

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Adelaide Adelaide Central Adelaide Mosque
Adelaide Mosque 1.jpg
1888The 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
Park Holme.JPG
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
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1862AfghanConsidered to be the first mosque built on the Australian continent. No longer in use.

Tasmania

The following is a list of mosques in Tasmania.

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Hobart West Hobart Hobart Mosque
Hobart Mosque.jpg
1985
CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Launceston Kings Meadows The House of Guidance 2021

Victoria

The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Melbourne Carlton North Carlton Mosque
Albanian Mosque (Carlton North) 17.jpg
1969Sunni - Albanian communityBuilt 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
Albanian Mosque (Dandenong) 6.jpg
1985Sunni - Albanian communityBuilt by the Albanian community in 1985, [24] it is one of the earliest mosques in Victoria. [25]
Coburg Fatih mosque
Coburg mosque.jpg
Sunni - Turkish community
Preston Preston Mosque
Prestonmosque.jpg
Sunni - Arabic community
Reservoir Reservoir Mosque
Albanian Mosque (Reservoir) 6.jpg
Sunni - Albanian community
Sunshine Sunshine Mosque
Sunshine Mosque.jpg
1985Sunni - Turkish communityThe largest mosque in Victoria
Deer Park Deer Park Mosque 1993Sunni - Bosnian community
Thomastown Thomastown Mosque
Thomastown Mosque.jpg
early 1990sSunni - Turkish CommunityBuilt (early 1990s) by the Turkish Australian community and located opposite Thomastown train station. [26]
TarneitMelbourne Grand Mosque2020Sunni
Shepparton Albanian Mosque
Albanian Mosque (Shepparton) 18.jpg
1960Sunni - Albanian communityBuilt 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
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Sunni - Turkish community

Western Australia

The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.

CitySuburbNameImagesYearGroupRemarks
Perth Perth Perth Mosque
Perth mosque Mosque Perth 20180108-3.jpg
Perth mosque
1906The oldest mosque in Perth and the second oldest purpose-built mosque in Australia. [29]
Wangara Alhidayah Centre
Malaga Al Khalil Mosque2019
Wattle Grove Al Falah Mosque2015
Langford Al Latief Mosque
Padbury Al Majid Mosque
Gosnells Al Rahman Mosque
Mirrabooka Al Taqwa Mosque1997
Armadale Armadale Masjid and Islamic Center2016
Rockingham Ar Rukun Mosque
Ar Rukun Mosque, Rockingham, Western Australia, January 2021.jpg
1998
Belmont Furqan Islamic Centre
Southern River Masjid Ibrahim
Rivervale Rivervale Mosque1977Perth’s second oldest metropolitan mosque and headquarters of the Islamic Council of Western Australia. [30]
Queens Park Suleymaniye Mosque1982Turkish community
Caversham Swan Valley Mosque and Islamic Centre2007Bosnian community
Thornlie Thornlie Mosque
Geraldton Geraldton Mosque
Port Hedland Islamic Association of North Western Australia
Karratha Karratha Mosque
Katanning Katanning Mosque 1980The 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 Home Island Mosque.jpg
Home Island Mosque

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:

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