Residents campaigning against a proposed mosque in Bendigo have until Tuesday to provide bank deposit slips to prove they can afford to continue their fight in the Court of Appeal.

Led by local woman Julie Hoskin, the group has been crowd-funding its battle against the mosque, which the City of Bendigo approved in June last year and which VCAT approved in August, to the state's highest court.

Ms Chapman was one of the leaders of Bendigo's anti-mosque campaign. Credit:Justin McManus

Chief Justice Marilyn Warren told the court on Friday the appeal would not proceed until lawyers for the Australian Islamic Mission, council and the government had seen bank documents showing the group could afford to pay costs in the event they lost the case.

Earlier fears of unrest appeared unfounded. A handful of protective service officers were outside the court before the hearing began, but only about a dozen people sat in the public gallery throughout the hearing.