Sunshine Mosque

The Sunshine Mosque is an Ottoman/Turkish-style mosque located in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The mosque contains 17 domes, a minaret, and a courtyard.[1]:295 The mosque is owned by the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria.

Sunshine Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
OwnershipCyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria
StatusActive
Location
LocationSunshine, (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia
Geographic coordinates37°46′19″S 144°48′04″E
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleOttoman architecture
Completed1992
Construction costA$2,500,000
Specifications
Dome(s)17
Minaret(s)1
Website
sunshinemosque.com.au

History

In 1985, the Turkish Cypriot community in Melbourne saw the potential to build a mosque on a vacant block on Ballarat Road in Sunshine, Melbourne.[1]:294 Three members of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society offered their homes as guarantors to the Bank and became the owners of the lot for $191,000.[1]:294 Construction of the Turkish Cypriot Mosque began in 1992. The Mosque was designed to mirror the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.[1]:295 According to a recent calculation by the committee of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society, the total expenditure of the Mosque exceeded $2,500,000.[1]:296

See also

References

  1. Hüssein, Serkan (2007), Yesterday & Today: Turkish Cypriots of Australia, Serkan Hussein, ISBN 0-646-47783-8


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