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Baha'i faith

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Baha'i House of Worship
Baha'i House of Worship
Dunn, Clara
Dunn, Hyde
Whitaker, Oswald
Baha'i House of Worship Ingleside 2005
Baha'i House of Worship, Mona Vale 1963
Baha'i Temple 2009
Christian Baha'i national assembly, Centennial Park, 11 September 1948

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Baha'i faith

Baha'i House of Worship

Baha'i faith was brought to Australia in 1920 by Clara and Hyde Dunn. Sydney's Baha'i house of worship was designed by John Brogan and built on the highest point above the northern beaches of Sydney.

Baha'i House of Worship

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Nine-sided Baha'i temple sited high above Sydney's northern beaches.

Dunn, Clara

A founder of the Baha'i faith in Australia, who arrived in Sydney 1920 with her family and spent 40 years working and travelling round Australia and New Zealand to establish Baha'i congregations.

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Dunn, Hyde

A founder of the Baha'i faith in Australia who established congregations around Australia while working as a commercial traveller.

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Whitaker, Oswald

An early convert to the Baha'i faith in Sydney.

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Baha'i House of Worship Ingleside 2005

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Baha'i House of Worship, Mona Vale 1963

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Contributed By
National Archives of Australia
[A1200, L45264]

Baha'i Temple 2009

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Airview
[0904-2815-21]

Christian Baha'i national assembly, Centennial Park, 11 September 1948

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[hood_22470 / Home and Away 22470]
(Mitchell Library)

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