A far-right, anti-Islam lobby group in Queensland has given up to $10,000 to opponents of the Bendigo mosque to help their campaign.

Restore Australia gave the money to print anti-mosque material. It is a not-for-profit group run by former One Nation candidate Mike Holt, a Vietnam veteran and author, and Charles Mollison, a former lieutenant-colonel who also served in Vietnam. Both men live on the Sunshine Coast.

Black balloons were tied to Bendigo buildings and homes as part of the opposition to the mosque. Credit:Jodie Donnellan

Mr Holt confirmed the amount - which had been donated to Restore Australia - was given to a group called Stop the Mosque in Bendigo and also to a Victorian chapter of the Patriot Defence League Australia.

Stop the Mosque in Bendigo runs an active anti-Islam Facebook page from Bendigo and Beaufort, near Ballarat. The administrators, Julie Kendall and Monika Evers, did not return calls.