List of mosques in Oceania

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]

Cocos-Keeling Islands

There is a mosque in the Cocos-Keeling Islands external territory. Home Island has the Home Island Mosque. The majority of the island is Islamic and the crescent moon is shown on the flag.

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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
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
Central Coast	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

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.[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
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		1969-1970	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]
Central Queensland	Rockhampton	Islamic Society of Central Queensland			Sunni
	Bundaberg	Turkish Islamic Association of Bundaberg			Sunni - Turkish community
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[18]
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	Carlton North	Carlton Mosque		1967-1969	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in the late 1960s, it is the oldest mosque in Melbourne[19][20][21] and listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[22]
	Dandenong	Dandenong Mosque		1968	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in the late 1960s, it is one of the earliest mosques in the country.[23]
	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 the Thomastown train station.[24]
	70 Wootten Rd, Tarneit VIC 3029	Grand Mosque Melbourne		2020
Shepparton		Albanian Mosque		1956-1960	Sunni - Albanian community	Built by the Albanian community in the late 1950s, it is the first[15][25] and oldest mosque in both Shepparton and Victoria.[19][26]
Mooroopna		Mooroopna Mosque			Sunni - Turkish community

Western Australia

The following is a list of mosques in Western Australia.

City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	Remarks
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
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
Canterbury	Christchurch	Riccarton	Al Noor Mosque
	Christchurch	Linwood	Linwood Islamic Centre
Hawke's Bay	Hastings		Baitul Mokarram Masjid and Islamic Centre

Papua New Guinea

Region	City	Suburb	Name	Images	Year	Group	Remarks
Papua	Port Moresby	Mosque Hohola (Islamic Society of Papua New Guinea Inc.)	Port Moresby Mosque		2000		Papua New Guinea Muslims[27]

Tuvalu

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

See also

• Islamic organisations in Australia

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