This list of synagogues in Australia and New Zealand represents those known to have existed at some time in the history of Jewish communities in either the colonial or national periods of either countries, or that are active as of 2009.

A Jewish synagogue

Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...

 need not be a purpose built construction, and although many established congregations choose to build them, many also use existing, often residential, premises. In such cases only the interior is changed, leaving the exterior in its original design. For this reason, for example, many of the Chabad synagogues are called 'House' and many other synagogues are called Beit, which means building

Building

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 in the Hebrew language

Hebrew language

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Bondi

• Adath Yisroel Congregation, Bondi, NSW
• Chabad Lubavitch House of Bondi Beach/Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (F.R.E.E.), Bondi Beach, NSW
• Harambam Synagogue Sephardi Minyan, Bondi, NSW
• Jewish Learning Centre, Bondi Beach, NSW
• Mizrachi Synagogue Bondi, North Bondi, NSW
• Or Chadash, Bondi, NSW
• Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre - Synagogue - Nusach Ari, Bondi.NSW
• Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre - Yeshiva Gedolah (Tzemach Tzedek), Bondi, NSW
• Yeshiva Centre Synagogue & Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College, Bondi NSW
• The Central Synagogue (Orach Chayyim), Bondi Junction, NSW from 1912
• The Roscoe Street Congregation (Mach’zikei HaTorah) Inc., Bondi Beach, NSW

Dover Heights

• Baba Sali, Dover Heights, NSW from 1994 to 2003
• Dover Heights Shule, Dover Heights, NSW
• Emunah Sydney, Dover Heights, NSW

Maitland

• Maitland Synagogue, Maitland, NSW 1830 onwards. Substantial synagogue erected 1879, closed in 1898

North Shore

• North Shore Synagogue
  North Shore Synagogue
  The North Shore Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Synagogue in Lindfield, New South Wales Australia. Founded in 1947, and having built its synagogue in 1950 , it is the oldest synagogue on Sydney's North Shore...
  
   (The Garden Synagogue), Lindfield, New South Wales
  Lindfield, New South Wales
  Lindfield is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lindfield is 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.- Location and history :...
  
  
• North Shore Temple Emanuel, Chatswood, NSW
• Chabad House of the North Shore, St Ives, NSW

Sydney, City

• The Great Synagogue
  Great Synagogue (Sydney)
  The Great Synagogue is a large synagogue in Sydney, Australia. It is located in Elizabeth Street opposite Hyde Park and extends back to Castlereagh Street.-Description and history:...
  
   (Bet Yisra’el), Sydney, NSW
• The York Street Synagogue, Sydney, NSW in use 1844-1877

Queensland

• Beit Knesset Shalom Brisbane, Camp Hill, Qld
• Brisbane Hebrew Congregation (Sha’arei Emunah), Brisbane, Qld
• Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation, Coorparoo, Qld
• Chabad House of Brisbane, Carindale, Qld
• South Brisbane Hebrew Orthodox Congregation (Givat Tziyyon), Greenslopes, Qld
• Temple Shalom Gold Coast, Isle Of Capri, Qld
• The Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation (Bet Shlomo), Surfers Paradise, Qld

South Australia

• Adelaide Hebrew Congregation (Bet Yisra’el), Glenside, SA
• Adelaide Hebrew Congregation, Rundle Street, SA active 1852-1990
• Beit Shalom Synagogue (Beit Knesset Shalom), Stepney, SA

Tasmania

• Chabad House, Launceston, Tas
• Launceston Hebrew Congregation
  Launceston Synagogue
  The Launceston Synagogue, built in 1844, located in Launceston, Tasmania is a rare example of an Egyptian style synagogue. The style enjoyed a brief period of popularity in the 1840s.The building is in the care of the National Trust of Australia....
  
   (Bet Yisra’el), Launceston, Tasmania
  Launceston, Tasmania
  Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
  
  
• Tasmanian Union for Progressive Judaism - Hobart Hebrew Congregation
  Hobart Synagogue
  The Hobart Synagogue, in Hobart, Tasmania, is remarkable both for being the oldest synagogue building in Australia and for being a rare example of the Egyptian Revival style of synagogue architecture. The Egyptian Revival building was constructed in 1845...
  
  , Hobart
  Hobart
  Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
  
  , Tas

Ripponlea

• Adass Israel Congregation, Ripponlea, Vic
• Aish Melbourne Australia, Ripponlea, Vic

East Bentleigh

• Beis Menachem Community Centre, East Bentleigh, Vic
• Chabad House East Bentleigh, East Bentleigh, Vic

East St Kilda

• Beth Chabad Ohel Devorah, East St Kilda, Vic
• Beth Chabad Yotz’ei Russia (F.R.E.E.), Eat St Kilda, Vic
• Beit Aharon (Arnold Bloch) Memorial Synagogue, East St Kilda, Vic
• Chabad House of Caulfield, East St Kilda, Vic
• Chabad House of Caulfield, 770, East St Kilda, Vic
• DaMinyan, East St Kilda, Vic

East Brighton

• Brighton Hebrew Congregation, East Brighton, Vic
• Chabad Bayside, Congregation Beis Eliyahu, East Brighton, Vic

North Caulfield

• Bnei Akiva Melbourne, North caulfield, Vic
• B'nai B'rith House, East St Kilda, Vic
• Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc. Synagogue (Kehilla Kedosha Ahavath Shalom), North Caulfield, Vic
• Caulfield Beth Hamedrash, North Caulfield, Vic nicknamed “Katanga”
• Friends of Lubavitch, Caulfield North, Vic

South Caulfield

• Blake Street Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic
• Central Shule Chabad, South Caulfield, Vic

Elwood

• Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation
  Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation
  The Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation , or Elwood Shule, is a historically significant Orthodox synagogue located in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood, Victoria, Australia...
  
   (Bet Avraham), Elwood, Vic
• Geelong Synagogue, Geelong, Vic 1861 to ?
• Ger, East St Kilda, Vic
• Hamakom, North Caulfield, Vic
• Hamayan, North Caulfield, Vic
• Hamerkaz Shelanu, Elsternwick, Vic
• Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea, Vic
• Highlands Hebrew Congregation, Seymour, Vic
• Jewish Care, Melbourne, Vic
• Jewish Centre Ormond McKinnon, Ormond, Vic
• Kehilat David Hamelech (KEDEM), Armadale, Vic
• Kehilat Nitzan Synagogue, Caulfield Junction, Vic
• Kehillat David HaMelech (Kedem), Melbourne, Vic
• Kew Hebrew Congregation (Bet Nachman), Kew, Vic
• Kolel Menachem Lubavitch, East St Kilda, Vic
• Kollel Beth HaTalmud Yehuda Fishman Institute, Balaclava, Vic
• Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism, East Kew, Vic
• Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
  Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
  The Melbourne Hebrew Congregation , or Toorak Shule, is the oldest Jewish congregation in Melbourne, Australia. Formed in 1841, the congregation was originally located on Bourke Street before moving to Toorak Road, South Yarra in 1930.-History:The first Jews in Melbourne arrived around the time of...
  
   (She’erit Yisra’el), South Yarra, Vic

• Melbourne Kollel Menachem Lubavitch, East St Kilda, Vic
• Merkaz HaTorah, North Caulfield, Vic
• Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch (Chabad), East St Kilda, Vic
• Mizrachi Synagogue, North Caulfield, Vic
• Monash Area Jewish Community, Monash, Vic
• Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation, Moorabbin, Vic
• North Eastern Jewish War Memorial Centre - Yeshurun Congregation, Doncaster, Vic
• Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand (Yeshiva Gedolah)
  Yeshivah Centre, Melbourne
  The Yeshivah Centre is an Orthodox Jewish umbrella organisation in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that serves the needs of the Melbourne Jewish community. It is run by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, until recently, under the direct administration of Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner...
  
  , St Kilda East, Victoria
  St Kilda East, Victoria
  St Kilda East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. It is located within the Local Government Areas of the City of Glen Eira and the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, it had a population of 12,188.St Kilda East is one...
  
  
• Ramban Sephardi Congregation, East St Kilda, Vic
• Sandhurst (now Bendigo) Vic 1862 to approximately 1910
• Sasson Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue, Balaclava, Vic
• Sha'arei Tefillah, North Caulfield, Vic
• Shira Hadasha, Caulfield North, Vic
• South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic
• St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation (Ohavei Shalom), St. Kilda, Vic
• Temple Beth Israel, St. Kilda, Vic
• The Melbourne City Synagogue, Melbourne, Vic
• Union for Progressive Judaism, Vic

Western Australia

• Beit Midrash of Western Australia - The Dianella Shul, Yokine, WA
• Chabad of Western Australia, Dianella, WA
• Chabad Torah Foundation, Perth, WA
• Fremantle synagogue, South Terrace, WA 1887. New synagogue in 1902 to 1908
• Goldfields Hebrew Congregation, Coolgardie, WA 1896 to 1899
• Kalgoorlie Hebrew Congregation, Kalgoorlie, WA 1901 to 1940
• Northern Suburbs Hebrew Congregation, Noranda, WA
• Perth Hebrew Congregation
  Perth Hebrew Congregation
  The Perth Hebrew Congregation is Synagogue located in the Perth suburb of Menora, Western Australia. Established as an organization in 1892, it is the oldest of three shul serving the Jewish community in Perth. Seating is provided for 544 men downstairs and 532 women upstairs...
  
   (She’erit Yisra’el), Menora, WA
• Temple David Congregation (Inc), Mt Lawley, WA

Synagogues in New Zealand

North Island

• Auckland Hebrew Congregation - Beth Israel Synagogue, Auckland
  • Old Synagogue (Auckland)
    Old Synagogue (Auckland)
    The Old Synagogue is a 19th century synagogue in Auckland, New Zealand. It is now called University House, and is part of the University of Auckland.A local Jewish community had been present since the founding of Auckland in 1840...
    
     - historic building now owned by the University of Auckland
• Temple Beth Shalom, Auckland
• Temple Sinai - Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, Wellington
• Waikato Jewish Association, Hamilton
• Wellington Hebrew Congregation (Beth El), Wellington

South Island

• Christchurch Jewish Synagogue, Christchurch
• Dunedin Synagogue
  Dunedin Synagogue
  The Dunedin Synagogue is an historic synagogue in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is the world's southernmost synagogue.The name can refer both to the historic building, the old Dunedin synagogue, and to the Dunedin Jewish Congregation, Dunedin....
  
  , Dunedin
  • Former Dunedin Jewish Synagogue, Dunedin (1880 to 1966) - historic building now used as an art gallery

Recommended reading

• Apple, Rabbi Dr Raymond, The Great Synagogue: A History of Sydney's Big Shule, UNSW Press, 2008
• Rubinstein, William David, Melbourne Jewry, a Diaspora Community with a Vigorous Jewish Identity, in Jewish Journal of Sociology, 37,2, (1995), pp. 81–99
• Rubinstein, William David, Jews in the 1991 Federal Census: The Welfare Society's Survey, the Jews of Melbourne - a Community Profile, in Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 12,1 (1993) pp. 235–238
• Lubin, Chayim, Jewish Schooling and Jewish Identification in Melbourne, in Jewish Education, 51,2 (1983) 37-42
• Rapke, T., The Pre-War Jewish Community of Melbourne, in Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 7 (1973) pp. 291–301
• Levi, J. S. Rabbi Jacob Danglow: The Uncrowned Monarch of Australian Jews, Melbourne University Press, 1995
• Levi, J.S., The Forefathers: A Dictionary of Biography of the Jews of Australia, 1788–1830, Australian Jewish Historical Society, 1976
• Levi, J.S., & Bergman, G.F.J., Australian Genesis: Jewish Convicts and Settlers, 1788-1850, Rigby, 1974
• A Portion of Praise - A Festschrift to Honour John S. Levi, The Progressive Jewish Cultural Fund, Melbourne, 1997