Mohammed Mosque (Marree Mosque)(Mud Mosque)

This mosque is built out of mud in the middle of regional Australia. The beauty of this mosque lies in simplicity.

The Marree Mosque was build in Marree, South Australia, around the year 1882. However, some historians have said that they think the exact year was somewhere around 1861. The Mosque was built by the members of the Afghan community that were residing in Australia at the time. When studied in detail, these Afghans weren’t just Afghans coming from Afghanistan and Middle East, but were generally Afghani Muslims coming from the then British-India. The Afghan members residing in the South Australian region at the time worked as camel-drivers and breeders.

The man behind the construction of the Mosque was Abdul Kadir, a merchant who was also the owner of a camel breeding and carrying business, which was situated at the Wangamanna station, the place where the Marree Mosque is situated.

The Marree Mosque is considered to be the first ever Mosque that was built in Australia. The Mosque holds its significances not only because it is now a historical landmark but this Mosque is also a symbolic representation of the development that was backed by Muslim immigrants and how the collective effort of Muslim community and the people of the land helped in building the town of Marree in South Australia.