Mosque plans anger indigenous elders

Swan Noongar elders say a site near Perth where the Bosnian Islamic Society planned to build a mosque is sacred, Jennifer Curtis reports.

Plans by Western Australia's Bosnian community to build a mosque near Perth have hit another hurdle.

Local indigenous elders say the land on which it will be built is a sacred site - home to the Waugle, a snake-like Dreamtime creature.

The Bosnian Islamic Society says it was unaware of the significance of the land, and that it's too far along the planning process to build elsewhere.

Bennet Brook is a registered Aboriginal site where Bosnian Muslims from surrounding suburbs want to build a place of worship.

The indigenous community is insisting they have strong spiritual and physical connections to the site, and it's no place for a mosque.