Place of Worship tour: Brimbank and Maribyrnong Interfaith Network

The Brimbank Maribyrnong Interfaith Network invites you to:

Tour of the Australian Islamic Centre of Newport | Victorian Mosque Open Day

Date: Sunday 15 April 2018    Time: 10:30am to 1:30pm
Bus Pick-up Location: 10:30am in front of VISY Cares Hub, 80B Harvester Rd, Sunshine VIC 3020
10:40am: Footscray Town Hall, 61 Napier St, Footscray VIC 3011

The Brimbank Maribyrnong Interfaith Network (BMIN) will take part in the second annual Victorian Mosque Open Day. A bus of up to 45 participants will visit the Australian Islamic Centre of Newport.

The Newport Mosque is “perhaps the first truly contemporary Australian mosque … is an architectural and social marker of a new perception of Islam in Australia (see more at NGV). This visit will include guided tour lead by the mosque architect, the renowned Australian architect Glenn Murcutt.

The Mosque Open Day is state-wide annual event, run by Islamic Council of Victoria’s (ICV) is supported by the Victorian Multicultural Commission and Victorian Government (Office of Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion). You can find out more here.
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Bus will pick up registered participants at 10:30am in front of VISY Cares Hub, Sunshine, and at 10:40am in next to Footscray Town Hall. Bus returns to both locations by 1:30pm.

The tour includes BBQ lunch provided at the Newport Mosque.

This is a free event. Register to attend now !!!

Those with their own transport can meet the BMIN group at the mosque at 11:00am. The Mosque is located at 23/31 Blenheim Rd, Newport.