Council grant for mosque work
ABC | Jun 17, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/17/2276785.htm
Australia’s oldest mosque is getting a $65,000 grant from Adelaide City Council to fund the repairs to one of its minarets.
The mosque in Gilbert Street in the city was built in the late 1880s, with minarets added in 1903.
Lord Mayor Michael Harbison says it is the first time the Council has funded refurbishment work on a mosque.
“This money allocated will restore the fourth minaret of the mosque to its former glory and give us what really is a beautiful building, very important to the Islamic community …
