- The land upon which the Broken Hill Mosque sits was first granted in 1891 as part of "Portion 1940", bought by David (or Daniel) Miller of Broken Hill.
- The mosque sits on a dusty site at the edge of town, with an avenue of date palm trees, planted in 1965 by the Broken Hill Historical Society.
- The Broken Hill Mosque is one of the most intriguing heritage sites in Broken Hill. Built-in 1887, it’s now the only surviving mosque built by cameleers in Australia.
- Arriving at Broken Hill Mosque on Foot. Approaching the mosque on foot, I can see the tops of palm trees above the corrugated iron roofs of suburban homes.
- The astonishing story of Broken Hill’s tiny cameleer mosque spans the outback, oceans and generations, as Steve Madgwick discovers.
- Credit: Katrina Lobley. The Broken Hill Mosque Museum, marking the site of a former camel camp, is officially open two hours a week.
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- The cameleers established a community in Broken Hill over the years and, in 1891, built their first mosque, originally a makeshift structure of galvanised iron.
- Broken Hill Mosque is a heritage-listed mosque and museum at Buck Street, Broken Hill, City of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
- Amminnullah “Bobby” Shamroze oversees the Mosque Museum of Broken Hill, a remote Australian mining city of 17,000 people with a rich, albeit little-known...
Broken Hill Mosque
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- Дата постройки:1887 год