List of mosques in Oceania

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This is an incomplete list of mosques in Oceania.

Australia

A listing of mosques (Arabic: masjids) and musallahs in Australia is maintained by Islamiaonline.[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
Bourke Bourke cemetery mosque
Broken Hill William Street Mosque
Sydney Arncliffe Al-Zahra Mosque
Shia
Auburn Auburn Gallipoli Mosque
1999 Turkish Sunni
Blacktown Afghan Osman Mosque
Afghan Afghan Community Support Association of NSW Australia
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.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Marsden Park Baitul Huda Mosque
1989 Ahmadiyya[11]
Mount Druitt Mount Druitt Mosque
Turkish

Queensland

The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
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.[12][13]
Holland Park Holland Park Mosque 1908 Sunni Original building constructed in 1908, redeveloped with 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 Sunni- Turkish community
Underwood Islamic Shia Council of Queensland Shia
North Queensland Townsville Townsville Islamic Society 1980s Sunni
Cairns Abu Bakr As-Saddiq Mosque/ Cairns Mosque 2014 Sunni
Mackay Islamic Society of Mackay Sunni
Mareeba Mareeba and District Memorial Mosque 1970 Sunni Built by Albanian community in 1970, and dedicated to all those who sacrificed their lives for defense of Australia.
Central Queensland Rockhampton Islamic Society of Central Queensland Sunni
Bundaberg Turkish Islamic Association of Bundaberg Sunni/Turkish
Darling Downs Toowoomba Toowoomba Mosque Sunni

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
Park Holme Masjid Omar Bin Al Khattab
Also known as the Marion Masjid
Islamic Society of South Australia[14]
Marree Marree Mosque
Afghan Considered to be the first mosque built on the Australian continent. No longer in use.

Victoria

The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Melbourne Coburg Fatih mosque
Turkish
Langwarrin Baitus Salam Mosque
|		 Ahmadiyya Formerly an amusement park
Preston Preston Mosque
Arabic
Sunshine Sunshine Mosque
1985 Turkish The largest mosque in Victoria
Albanvale Deer Park Mosque 1993 Bosnian
Mooroopna Mooroopna Mosque
Turkish

New Caledonia

The following is a list of mosques in New Caledonia.

Island City District Name Images Year Group Remarks
Grande Terre Nessadiou Centre Islamique de Bourail
1998

New Zealand

The following is a list of mosques in New Zealand.

Region City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Auckland Auckland [[Otahuhu, New Zealand
Canterbury Christchurch Canterbury Mosque
Hawke's Bay Hastings Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre

Papua New Guinea

Region City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Papua Port Moresby Port Moresby Mosque Papua New Guinea Muslims[15]

Tuvalu

Island City Name Images Year Group Remarks
Funafuti Funafuti Tuvalu Mosque
Ahmadiyya Tuvalu's only mosque

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.islamiaonline.com/masjidfinder/ Archived 29 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Masjids and Musallahs in Australia
  2. ↑ Saeed, Abdullah. "Muslim Australians: Their beliefs, practices and institutions." Archived 9 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and Australian Multicultural Foundation, 2004.
  3. ↑ Walmsley, Hannah (6 October 2017). "Community celebrates opening of new Islamic mosque in Canberra's north". ABC News. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Australian National Islamic Library (ANIL) – Public Library". Canberra Islamic Centre. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Andrew Wilkie (1 September 2010). Axis of Deceit: The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Whistleblower. Black Inc. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-921825-69-9.
  6. ↑ Jackson, Richard; Murphy, Eamon; Poynting, Scott, eds. (10 September 2009). Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice. Routledge. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-135-24516-0.
  7. ↑ McKeith, Sam (31 October 2015). "Public Welcomed into Australia's Mosque Open Day". Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via Huff Post.
  8. ↑ Olding, Natalie O'Brien and Rachel (23 December 2012). "Lakemba Mosque removes Christmas 'fatwa' post". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Christmas message written above mosque". Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Ahmadiyya in Australia: Historie of Ahmadiyyat in Australia Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine., Jalsa Salana Australia 2005 Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "Jail for Australian mosque burner". radioaustralia.net.au. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ↑ Fickling, David (17 October 2002). "Mosque attacks leave Muslims fearing backlash". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. ↑ http://islamicsocietysa.org.au/ Archived 25 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Islamic Society of South Australia
  15. ↑ http://www.islamicpopulation.com/papuanewguinea_muslim.html Archived 6 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Papua New Guinea Muslims
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