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	Year	Group	Remarks
Canberra	Gungahlin	Gungahlin Mosque	2017^[3]
	Monash	Canberra Islamic Centre			Includes the Australian National Islamic Library^[4]
	Yarralumla			Sunni

New South Wales[]

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

City	Suburb	Name	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 Mosque
Bathurst		Al Sahabah Kelso Mosque
Bourke		Bourke cemetery mosque
Broken Hill		William Street Mosque
Albury-Wodonga		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.
Newcastle	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	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
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
Central Queensland	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	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
	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.

Victoria[]

The following is a list of mosques in Victoria.

City	Suburb	Name	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 Victoria.^[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 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		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
Canterbury	Christchurch	Riccarton	Al Noor Mosque
Canterbury	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

References[]

^ http://www.islamiaonline.com/masjidfinder/ Archived 29 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Masjids and Musallahs in Australia
^ 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.
^ "Christmas message written above mosque". Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 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
^ "Jail for Australian mosque burner". radioaustralia.net.au. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
^ 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Haveric, Dzavid (2019). Muslims making Australia home: Immigration and Community Building. Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 9780522875829.
^ Carne, J.C. (1984). "Moslem Albanians in North Queensland" (PDF). In Dalton, B. J. (ed.). Lectures on North Queensland history. University of North Queensland. pp. 191–193. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ Barry, James; Yilmaz, Ihsan (2019). "Liminality and Racial Hazing of Muslim Migrants: Media Framing of Albanians in Shepparton, Australia, 1930-1955". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 42 (7): 1178. doi:10.1080/01419870.2018.1484504. S2CID 149907029.
^ http://islamicsocietysa.org.au/ Archived 25 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Islamic Society of South Australia
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^ Kajtazi, Sani (23 November 2019). "Danae Bosler - City of Yarra Mayor at 50th Anniversary of the Albanian Mosque". SBS. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ Renaldi, Erwin (19 November 2019). "Masjid Pertama di Melbourne Dibangun Oleh Pendatang Asal Albania [Melbourne's First Mosque Was Built By Albanian Migrants]" (in Indonesian). ABC. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Albanian Mosque - Carlton North, Heritage Overlay HO326". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ Ahmeti, Sharon (2017). Albanian Muslims in Secular, Multicultural Australia (Ph.D.). University of Aberdeen. pp. 39, 56, 106, 159. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ Kabir, Nahid Afrose (2004). Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and Cultural History. Routledge. pp. 189–192. ISBN 9781136214998.
^ Amath, Nora (2017). ""We're serving the community, in whichever form it may be" Muslim Community Building in Australia". In Peucker, Mario; Ceylan, Rauf (eds.). Muslim Community Organizations in the West: History, Developments and Future Perspectives. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 9783658138899.
^ Rudner, Julie; Shahani, Fatemeh; Hogan, Trevor (2020). "Islamic Architectures of Self-Inclusion and Assurance in a Multicultural Society". Fabrications. 30 (2): 160. doi:10.1080/10331867.2020.1749220. S2CID 221065239.
^ http://www.islamicpopulation.com/papuanewguinea_muslim.html Archived 6 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Papua New Guinea Muslims

[1] ttp://www.islamiaonline.com/masjidfinder/ Archived 29 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Masjids and Musallahs in Australia

[saeedabdullah-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] Sam Bowker, 'Friday Essay: The Australian Mosque' https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-australian-mosque-65101 Retrieved 10 December 2019

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[9] 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.

[10] "Christmas message written above mosque". Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.

[11] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[12] 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

[13] "Jail for Australian mosque burner". radioaustralia.net.au. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

[14] 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.

[Haveric-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b Haveric, Dzavid (2019). Muslims making Australia home: Immigration and Community Building. Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 9780522875829.

[Carne191193-16] Carne, J.C. (1984). "Moslem Albanians in North Queensland" (PDF). In Dalton, B. J. (ed.). Lectures on North Queensland history. University of North Queensland. pp. 191–193. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[BarYil1178-17] Barry, James; Yilmaz, Ihsan (2019). "Liminality and Racial Hazing of Muslim Migrants: Media Framing of Albanians in Shepparton, Australia, 1930-1955". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 42 (7): 1178. doi:10.1080/01419870.2018.1484504. S2CID 149907029.

[18] ttp://islamicsocietysa.org.au/ Archived 25 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Islamic Society of South Australia

[SaePre11-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b Saeed, Abdullah; Prentice, Patricia (2020). Living in Australia: A Guide for Muslims New to Australia (PDF). National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies - University of Melbourne. p. 11.

[Kajtda-20] Kajtazi, Sani (23 November 2019). "Danae Bosler - City of Yarra Mayor at 50th Anniversary of the Albanian Mosque". SBS. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[Renaldimos-21] Renaldi, Erwin (19 November 2019). "Masjid Pertama di Melbourne Dibangun Oleh Pendatang Asal Albania [Melbourne's First Mosque Was Built By Albanian Migrants]" (in Indonesian). ABC. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[AlbmosVicher-22] "Albanian Mosque - Carlton North, Heritage Overlay HO326". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[Ahmeti3956106159-23] Ahmeti, Sharon (2017). Albanian Muslims in Secular, Multicultural Australia (Ph.D.). University of Aberdeen. pp. 39, 56, 106, 159. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[Kabir189192-24] Kabir, Nahid Afrose (2004). Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and Cultural History. Routledge. pp. 189–192. ISBN 9781136214998.

[Amath100-25] Amath, Nora (2017). ""We're serving the community, in whichever form it may be" Muslim Community Building in Australia". In Peucker, Mario; Ceylan, Rauf (eds.). Muslim Community Organizations in the West: History, Developments and Future Perspectives. Springer. p. 100. ISBN 9783658138899.

[RudShaHog160-26] Rudner, Julie; Shahani, Fatemeh; Hogan, Trevor (2020). "Islamic Architectures of Self-Inclusion and Assurance in a Multicultural Society". Fabrications. 30 (2): 160. doi:10.1080/10331867.2020.1749220. S2CID 221065239.

[27] ttp://www.islamicpopulation.com/papuanewguinea_muslim.html Archived 6 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Papua New Guinea Muslims

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Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands
Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands