Tune in to Fairfield City - Stop 9 - Bonnyrigg Turkish Mosque

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Date2001Description10-12 Bibbys Place, Bonnyrigg

The Turkish word for mosque is cami, "a place where people gather" and this Mosque is all about community and people. Mosques serve both religious and social needs, and buildings adjoining the prayer hall are used as classrooms, offices, assembly-halls and sports venues. The minaret, a 26 meter high tower, signals that this is a place of worship. Traditionally the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer from the minaret five times per day. The first large group of Turkish immigrants arrived in Australia under the Turkish Australian Agreement of 1968Transcript availableNoCopyright Owner(s)Fairfield City CouncilAccessAccess open for research. Written permission required for personal copies and public use.Notes"Tune into Fairfield City- A Multicultural Driving tour" was launched in 2001 as a joint initiative between the NSW Heritage Group, NSW Premier's Department and Fairfield City Council. The tour comprises of 15 locations around the LGA ranging from places of worship to shopping town centres. The tour presented Fairfield City Council with a vehicle to enhance the social cohesiveness within the multicultural community and provided the community with a means to exchange and interact

Essentially the tour represents the multicultural aspect of the City, assists in promoting the LGA and helps to inform tour participants of the historic and cultural aspects of multicultural Fairfield.

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CollectionTune in to Fairfield City - A Multicultural Driving TourOrganisation / SiteBonnyrigg Turkish MosqueSuburbBonnyrigg

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