Sunshine Mosque
| Sunshine Mosque | |
|---|---|
| File:Sunshine Mosque.jpg | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
| Ownership | Cyprus Turkish Islamic Community of Victoria |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Sunshine, (Melbourne), Victoria |
| Country | Australia |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Ottoman architecture |
| Completed | 1992 |
| Construction cost | A$2,500,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome | 17 |
| Minaret | 1 |
| Website | |
| sunshinemosque | |
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.
History
[edit | edit source]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[when?] calculation by the committee of the Cyprus Turkish Islamic Society, the total expenditure of the Mosque exceeded $2,500,000.[1]: 296
See also
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- Mosques in Melbourne
- Mosques completed in 1992
- 1992 establishments in Australia
- Sunshine, Victoria
- Buildings and structures in the City of Brimbank
- Turkish Cypriot diaspora
- Mosque buildings with domes in Australia
- Mosque buildings with minarets in Australia
- 20th-century mosques in Australia
- Mosque stubs
- Australian building and structure stubs
- Victoria (state) building and structure stubs