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]

Australian Capital Territory

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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

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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 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

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The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group 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][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

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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

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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

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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

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The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Perth Perth Perth Mosque
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

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Home Island Mosque
Further information: Australian external territories

Christmas Island

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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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

See also

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References

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