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]

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

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Canberra Belconnen Belconnen Crescent Musallah Sunni
Gungahlin Gungahlin Mosque 2017[3] Sunni
Kambah Imam Hasan Centre Shia
Mitchell United Muslims of Canberra Sunni- Salafi
Monash Canberra Islamic Centre
Includes the Australian National Islamic Library[4]
Phillip Phillip Musallah
Spence Taqwa Masjid- Islamic Society of Belconnen Sunni
Weston Weston Creek Musallah Sunni
Yarralumla Canberra Mosque
1958 Sunni The oldest mosque in Canberra

New South Wales

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

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Albury-Wodonga Lavington Albury Mosque 1999 Sunni
Armidale University Of New England Musalla At the University Of New England
Bathurst Kelso Al Sahabah Mosque Sunni
Bourke Bourke cemetery mosque
Broken Hill William Street Mosque
Built in 1887 by the Afghan cameleers, it was preserved and opened as a museum in 1968. It is open by appointment or for jumu'ah (Fridays).[5]
Byron Bay Cavanbah Centre Fridays (Jumu'ah only)
Central Coast San Remo San Remo Musalla
Narara Central Coast Mosque Sunni
Wyong Central Coast Islamic Cultural Centre Sunni
Coffs Harbour Southern Cross University Musalla More a musalla than a mosque, located at the Southern Cross University
Dubbo Dubbo South Dubbo Mosque 2017 Sunni
Griffith Jamia Masjid Griffith Sunni
Maitland Rutherford Masjid Muhammad Mustafa (Rutherford Mosque) Sunni
Newcastle Wallsend Newcastle Mosque Also known as the Wallsend Mosque.
Mayfield Sultan Fatih Mosque Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Orange Regional New South Wales Islamic Centre Sunni
Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Islamic Society Sunni
Queanbeyan Queanbeyan West Queanbeyan Masjid Sunni
Tamworth South Tamworth Masjid Qubaa- Tamworth Mosque Sunni
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.[6]
Wollongong Cringila Wollongong Bilal Camii Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government) and operated by Islamic Community Milli Gorus Australia (ICMG)
Gwynneville Masjid Omar Sunni Operated by the Australian Islamic Cultural Centre (AICC)
North Wollongong Essence of Life Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Yass Masjid Al Rahma Sunni Operated by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA)
Young Umar bin Al-Khattab- Young Mosque 1994 Sunni Operated by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA)
Sydney Arncliffe Al-Zahra Mosque
Shia
Artarmon North Shore Masjid Sunni Operated by the Australian Islamic Cultural Centre (AICC)
Auburn ASWJ Auburn Sunni-Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Auburn Auburn Islamic Community Centre Sunni
Auburn Auburn Gallipoli Mosque
1999 Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Auburn Masjid Omar Sunni Operated by the Australian Islamic Cultural Centre (AICC)
BankstownAl-Rasool Al-A'dham MosqueShiaAyatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari
Bankstown Al Madina Dawah Centre Sunni- Salafi Associated with "hate preacher" Wissam Haddad. He has been linked with previous ISIS members and Bondi shooter[7][8][9]
Bankstown Bankstown Mosque Sunni
Belmore Al-Azhar Mosque Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Blacktown Afghan Osman Mosque
Afghan Afghan Community Support Association of NSW Australia
Bonnyrigg Bonnyrigg Mosque
Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Cabramatta Othman Bin Affan Mosque Sunni Operated by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA)
Casula Global Islamic Youth Centre Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Condell Park Daar Ibn Abbas Sunni
Dee Why Dee Why Mosque Sunni
Edmondson Park The Australian Islamic House Masjid Sunni
Erskineville Erskineville Mosque Sunni- Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Greenacre Islamic Prayer House Shia
Greenacre Khaled Ibn Al Walid Mosque 2019 Sunni
Greenacre Malek Fahd Islamic School Mosque
Sunni
Granville Granville Mosque Sunni
Granville Masjid Al Noor Sunni Associated with the Tablighi Jemaat
Guildford ICMG Guildford Mosque Sunni- Turkish community Operated by Islamic Community Milli Gorus Australia (ICMG)
Guildford Rahma Mosque Sunni
Hinchinbrook Masjid Bilal Sunni
Lakemba Lakemba Mosque
1977 Sunni Lebanese Muslim Association
Also known as the Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb Mosque
Reportedly Australia's largest mosque.[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Lakemba Masjid As-Sunnah 2018 Sunni
Lakemba Omar ibn Al-Khattab Mosque Sunni
Liverpool Liverpool Islamic Centre Sunni- Salafi Operated by Markaz Imam Ahmad (MIA)
Liverpool Masjid Bilal Sunni Operated by the Australian Islamic Cultural Centre (AICC)
Marsden Park Baitul Huda Mosque
1989 Ahmadiyya[16]
Mascot ICMG Mascot Sunni- Turkish community Operated by Islamic Community Milli Gorus Australia (ICMG)
Matraville Matraville Mosque Sunni
Merrylands West Daarul Arqam Mosque Sunni- Pakistani community
Minto Campbelltown Youth Centre Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Mount Druitt Mount Druitt Mosque
Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Padstow United Muslims of Australia (UMA) Sunni
Parramatta Parramatta Mosque Sunni Operated by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA)
Penshurst Penshurst Mosque Sunni
Prestons Salaudin Al Ayubi Mosque Sunni
Punchbowl Masjid Baitul Manshurin Sunni- Indonesian community Operated by AIDA (Association of Islamic Dawah Australia)
Punchbowl Punchbowl Masjid Sunni Operated by Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) NSW
Quakers Hill Quakers Hill Masjid Sunni Operated by the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA)
Redfern Redfern Mosque Sunni- Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Revesby Revesby Mosque Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Rockdale Masjid Al Hidayah Sunni
Smithfield Albanian Mosque- Sheikh Albani Sunni- Albanian community
Smithfield Smithfield Mosque Sunni- Bosnian community
St Marys Masjid St Marys Sunni Operated by Islamic Practice and Dawah Circle (IPDC)
Wolli Creek Masjid Darul Imaan Sunni
Zetland Zetland Mosque Sunni

Queensland

The following is a list of mosques in Queensland.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Stockleigh Bait-ul-Masroor 2013 Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Accommodates 2,000 worshipers, men and women.
Camp Hill Mubarak Mosque Ahmadiyya Muslim Association
Brisbane Algester Algester Mosque 1990 Sunni
Bald Hills Masjid Taqwa Sunni
Berrinba Salam Mosque Logan City Sunni
Brassall Islamic Society of Ipswich Sunni
Brisbane CBD Brisbane Community Education Centre Sunni
Camira Camira Mosque (Masjid Baitul A'la) Sunni - Indonesian community Operated by AIDA (Association of Islamic Dawah QLD)
Crestmead Crestmead Mosque Sunni
Darra Darra Mosque Sunni
Forestdale Brisbane Turkish Islamic Society Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Eight Mile Plains Bosnian Islamic Centre 2014 Sunni - Bosnian community
Hillcrest Hillcrest Community Youth Centre (HCYC) Sunni
Holland Park Holland Park Mosque 1908 Sunni Original building constructed in 1908, redeveloped as the modern mosque later.
Kuraby Masjid al-Farooq (Kuraby Mosque) 1990s Sunni Original mosque was burnt down in 2001, rebuilt later in the year.[17][18]
Logan Central United Muslims of Brisbane (UMB) Sunni- Salafi
Logan Central Ali Akber Islamic Center Shia
Loganlea Indonesian Muslim Centre of QLD Sunni - Indonesian community
Lutwyche Masjidus Sunnah
1990s Sunni
Moorooka Moorooka Mosque 2015 Sunni - Somali community
North Ipswich Fatima Zahra Imamia Centre Shia
Slacks Creek Masjid Ur Rahmaan/ Australian Centre for Unity 2014 Sunni Operated by Islamic Practice and Dawah Circle (IPDC)
Slacks Creek Zainabia Islamic Center Shia
Underwood Islamic Shia Council of QLD Shia
West End West End Mosque
Sunni
Woolloongabba Buranda Islamic Mosque Sunni
Bundaberg Bundaberg North Turkish Islamic Association of Bundaberg Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Cairns Cairns North Abu Bakr As-Saddiq Mosque/ Cairns Mosque 2014 Sunni
Bungalow Masjid Baitul-Izzah Sunni - Indonesian community Operated by AIDA (Association of Islamic Dawah Far North QLD)
Gatton Lockyer Valley Islamic Association Sunni
Gold Coast Arundel Islamic Society of Gold Coast 1995 Sunni
Southport Southport Masjid Sunni
Worongary Worongary Islamic Centre 2024 Sunni Operated by the Islamic Multicultural Association of Gold Coast (IMAGC)
Gympie Gympie Cultural Centre Sunni
Hervey Bay Pialba Fraser Coast Muslim Community Centre Sunni
Mackay Bakers Creek Islamic Society of Mackay Sunni
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.[19][20][21]
Mount Isa The Gap (Mount Isa) Rehman Mosque Sunni
Rockhampton Islamic Society of Central Queensland
Sunni
Sunshine Coast Maroochydore Muslim Organisation of Sunshine Coast Sunni
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.
Townsville Mundingburra Townsville Islamic Society 1980s 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 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[22]
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[23]
Virginia SA Multicultural Centre- Virginia Masjid Sunni Operated by Islamic Practice and Dawah Circle (IPDC)
Murray Bridge Murray Bridge Turkish Mosque
Renmark Renmark Mosque Sunni- Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
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
Burnie House of Guidance- Burnie Masjid
Hobart West Hobart Hobart Mosque
1985
Launceston Kings Meadows Masjid Launceston 2021

Victoria

The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Melbourne Altona North Al-Asr Society of Australia Shia
Brunswick ICMG Brunswick Sunni- Turkish community Operated by Islamic Community Milli Gorus Australia (ICMG)
Brunswick Islamic Information & Support Centre of Australia Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Carlton North Carlton Mosque
1969 Sunni - Albanian community Built by the Albanian community in the late 1960s, it is the oldest mosque in Melbourne[24][25][26] and listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[27]
Melbourne CBD Islamic Council of Victoria Sunni
Coburg Fatih mosque
Sunni - Turkish community
Coolaroo Hume Islamic Youth Centre Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Dandenong Dandenong Mosque
1985 Sunni - Albanian community Built by the Albanian community in 1985,[28] it is one of the earliest mosques in Victoria.[29]
Dandenong Emir Sultan Mosque Sunni- Turkish community Operated by Islamic Community Milli Gorus Australia (ICMG)
Dandenong Rasul Akram Association Shia
Dandenong TAHA Association Centre Shia
Doncaster East UMMA Centre 1984 Sunni
Doveton Omar Farooq Mosque Sunni- Afghan community
Doveton PGCC Mosque 2016 Sunni Operated by Pillars of Guidance Community Centre (PGCC)
Deer Park Deer Park Mosque 1993 Sunni - Bosnian community
Fawkner Imam Ali Islamic Centre Shia
Fitzroy BSN Central Mosque Sunni
Heidelberg Heights Elsedeaq Heidelberg Mosque Sunni
Hoppers Crossing El-Zahra Centre Shia
Huntingdale Huntingdale Mosque Sunni
Keysborough Keysborough Turkish Islamic and Cultural Centre Sunni- Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Lysterfield Islamic Society of Melbourne Eastern Region 1986 Sunni
Maidstone Maidstone Mosque 2013 Sunni
Meadow Heights Meadow Heights Mosque 2012 Sunni- Turkish community Operated by Islamic Community Milli Gorus Australia (ICMG)
Noble Park Noble Park Mosque Sunni- Bosnian community
Preston Preston Mosque
Sunni - Arabic community
Ravenhall Masjid Ar-Rahma 2013 Sunni- Sri Lankan community
Reservoir Reservoir Mosque
Sunni - Albanian community
Reservoir Masjid Ahlul Bait Shia
Sunshine Sunshine Mosque
1985 Sunni - Turkish community The largest mosque in Victoria

Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)

Thomastown Thomastown Mosque
early 1990s Sunni - Turkish Community Built (early 1990s) by the Turkish Australian community and located opposite Thomastown train station.[30]

Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)

Tarneit Melbourne Grand Mosque 2020 Sunni
Tarneit Melbourne Multicultural Centre- Golden Wattle Masjid 2018 Sunni Operated by Islamic Practice and Dawah Circle (IPDC)
Truganina Al-Taqwa Masjid 1986 Sunni Located on the grounds of Al-Taqwa College
Windsor Australia Western Thrace Turkish Association of Vic Sunni- Turkish community
Ballarat Canadian Masjid Abu Bakr As-Siddiq- Islamic Society of Ballarat 2020 Sunni
Bendigo East Bendigo Bendigo Islamic Community Centre 2025 Sunni
Cobram Cobram Mosque- Cobram Islamic Association 2020 Sunni
Geelong Manifold Heights Geelong Mosque- Islamic Society of Geelong 1993 Sunni
Goulburn Valley

(Shepparton- Mooroopna)

Albanian Mosque
1960 Sunni - Albanian community Built by the Albanian community in the late 1950s, it is the first[19][31] and oldest mosque in both Shepparton and Victoria.[24][32]
Mooroopna Mosque
1970s Sunni - Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Imam Kadhim Mosque- The Iraqi Community Centre 2000 Shia - Iraqi community Built by the Iraqi community who came as refugees in the 1990s to Australia, this was the first Shia mosque built in Victoria in 2000.
Masjid Nabi Akram (SW) 2013 Shia - Afghan (Hazara) community
Mildura Mildura Mosque Sunni- Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)

Western Australia

The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Perth Armadale Armadale Masjid and Islamic Center 2016 Sunni Operated by Islamic Practice and Dawah Circle (IPDC)
Belmont Furqan Islamic Centre
Caversham Swan Valley Mosque and Islamic Centre 2007 Sunni- Bosnian community
Gosnells Al Rahman Mosque
Langford Al Latief Mosque
Malaga Al Khalil Mosque 2019
Maylands The Islamic Centre of West Australia Sunni- Salafi Operated by Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama'ah (ASWJ)
Mirrabooka Al Taqwa Mosque 1997
Padbury Al Majid Mosque
Perth Perth Mosque
Perth mosque
Perth mosque
1906 Sunni The oldest mosque in Perth and the second oldest purpose-built mosque in Australia.[33]
Queens Park Suleymaniye Mosque 1982 Sunni- Turkish community Supported by the Diyanet (Turkish government)
Rivervale Rivervale Mosque 1977 Perth’s second oldest metropolitan mosque and headquarters of the Islamic Council of Western Australia.[34]
Rockingham Ar Rukun Mosque
1998
Southern River Masjid Ibrahim
Thornlie Thornlie Mosque
Wattle Grove Al Falah Mosque 2015
Wangara Al Hidaya Centre Sunni
Geraldton Geraldton Mosque Sunni
Kalgoorlie Masjid e Quba Islamic Center
Karratha Karratha Mosque Sunni
Katanning Katanning Mosque 1980 Sunni- Malay community 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.[35]
Newman Newman Mosque Sunni
Port Hedland Islamic Association of North Western Australia Sunni

Northern Territory

The following is a list of mosques in the Northern Territory.

City Suburb Name Images Year Group Remarks
Darwin Darwin CBD Darwin CBD Musalla 2019 Established and managed by United Muslims NT Inc since 2019.
Palmerston Palmerston Mosque 2016 Sunni
Wanguri Darwin Mosque- Islamic Society of Darwin 1971 Sunni
Winnellie Northern Territory Momineen Centre 2021 Shia Established and managed by Northern Territory Momineen Inc since 2021.
Katherine Katherine Musalla Established and managed by United Muslims NT Inc.
Alice Springs Larapinta Alice Springs Afghan Mosque Late 1800s Sunni The mosque, originally built by Afghan immigrants in late 1800s, closed during World War II and rebuilt in 1993.

Australian external territories

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