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Little Gilbert Street [B 7287] • Photograph

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Summary

Little Gilbert Street, Mohammedan Mosque which was built in 1888 to cater for the large Islamic community living in Adelaide at the time. Thomas Elder introduced 100 camels and 31 Afghan camel handlers to aid in the exploration of inland Australia and the building of the Overland Telegraph Line. This is the oldest surviving Mosque in Australia. The pool provided a place to wash prior to praying and the tessallated pavement is laid in the porch which is enclosed with numerous columns. The mosque is enclosed in a flower filled garden. In the photograph an Islamic man can be seen putting his shoes back on after praying in the mosque.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.6 cm x 16.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

1937

Photographer

News and Mail

Collection

Part of Acre 619 Collection

Subject

Muslims -- South Australia -- Adelaide

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

17/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,298 x 3,128 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

7.22 MB

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