List of mosques in Oceania
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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 |
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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 |
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Bourke | Bourke cemetery mosque | ![]() |
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Broken Hill | William Street Mosque | ![]() |
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Wagga Wagga | Islamic Studies Centre |
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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] | ||
Sydney | Arncliffe | Al-Zahra Mosque | Shia | |||
Auburn | Auburn Gallipoli Mosque | 1999 | Turkish Sunni | |||
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 | ![]() Aerial view of Bonnyrigg Mosque |
Turkish Sunni | 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 | ![]() |
Turkish |
Queensland
The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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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 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
Moorooka |
Eagleby Mosque
Moorooka Mosque |
2015 |
Sunni- Turkish community
Sunni |
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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 |
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Adelaide | Adelaide | Central Adelaide Mosque | ![]() |
1888 | ||
Park Holme | Masjid Omar Bin Al Khattab | Also known as the Marion Masjid Islamic Society of South Australia[15] | ||||
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 | |
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Melbourne | Coburg | Fatih mosque | ![]() |
Turkish | Carlton Mosque
Albanian | ||
Preston | Preston Mosque | ![]() |
Arabic | ||||
Sunshine | Sunshine Mosque | ![]() |
1985 | Turkish | The largest mosque in Victoria | ||
Albanvale | Deer Park Mosque | 1993 | Bosnian | ||||
Mooroopna | Turkish | ||||||
70 Wootten Rd, Tarneit VIC 3029 | Grand Mosque Melbourne | 2020 | Powered by JustBrand.co |
Western Australia
The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.
City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Perth | Perth | Perth Mosque | ![]() Perth mosque |
1908 |
New Caledonia
The following is a list of mosques in New Caledonia.
Island | City | District | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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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 |
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Canterbury | Christchurch | Al Noor Mosque | ![]() |
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Hawke's Bay | Hastings | Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre | ![]() |
Papua New Guinea
Region | City | Suburb | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Papua | Port Moresby | Port Moresby Mosque | Papua New Guinea Muslims[16] |
Tuvalu
Island | City | Name | Images | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Funafuti | Funafuti | Tuvalu Mosque | ![]() |
Ahmadiyya | Tuvalu's only mosque |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosques in Oceania. |
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- 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.
- 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.
- "Australian National Islamic Library (ANIL) – Public Library". Canberra Islamic Centre. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- Sam Bowker, 'Friday Essay: The Australian Mosque' https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-australian-mosque-65101 Retrieved 10 December 2019
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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