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Queensland Wide Listings

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·   Home Education Queensland
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeEducationQld/

·   Free2homeschool QLD
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1573491906559658/
www.free2homeschool.org  

·   Connecting Queensland Homeschoolers
http://connectinghomeschoolers.com/

·   Home Schooling QLD-Distance Education Schools
https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeschoolingqlddeschools/

·   Homeschooling EcoEd Queensland (SEQ)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1580950685552142

·   Homeschooling Queensland (for current home schoolers)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeschoolingQueensland/

·   Ipswich Homeschoolers and Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/845541805509704/

·   Learning to learn (special needs)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/specialneedslearning

·   Queensland Homeschool Events:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/queenslandhomeschoolingevents/

·   Qld Homeschooling and DE Info & Resources
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1793031527629148

·   Unschooling Queensland (for unschoolers)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnschoolingQueensland/

·   Unschooling Qld Info (anyone interested in unschooling)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnschoolingQldInfo/

·   Homeschooling on the Spectrum (QLD Support Group for ASD families)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/203287163166767/

Alphabetical Listings

·   Airlie Beach Prosperpine:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/471163286355884/

·   Atherton Tablelands Homeschool Group:
http://australiannorthqldhomeschool.weebly.com/atherton-tablelands.html

·   Atherton Tablelands:
http://tablelandshomeed.blogspot.com.au/

·   ASD Teens Autism Sunshine Coast
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1457032871021391

·   Beaudesert Home Schoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/147259915888324/

·   Beenleigh & Surrounds Homeschooling Co-op
https://www.facebook.com/groups/731109647401966/

·   Beenleigh Marsden Homeschooling Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/167832343929829/

·   Border NSW / QLD Support Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nswqldborder/

·   Bribie Island Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/124924234616856/

·   Brisbane Christian Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brisbane.Christian.Homeschoolers/

·   Brisbane Natural Learners:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/209009629282162/

·   Brisbane North Homeschooling and Alternative Approaches
https://www.facebook.com/groups/736113729851445/

·   Brisbane North Homeschool Play
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1237213309765307/

·   Brisbane North Outdoor Adventurers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2494978180520655/

·   Brisbane Group (Northside) - L4L - Learning 4 Life
https://www.facebook.com/groups/962761873758977/

·   Brisbane Northside Connect
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrisbaneNorthsideHomeEdConnect

·   Brisbane Rainbow Families/ Gender Diverse Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/753926488811740/

·   Brisbane Southside Homeschool Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/342456656093592/

·   Browns Plains To Jimboomba And Surrounds Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jimboombaandsurroundshsg/

·   Browns Plains - creativemindshs@gmail.com - in person group.

·   Bundaberg Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/225429814552235/

·   Caboolture Homeschooling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/452866286422967/

·   Cairns Home Educating Community:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cairnshomeschooling/

·   Cairns Home Education CHE
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cairnshomeeducation/

·   Capricorn Coast Homeschoolers/ Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/376856546076907/

·   Central Queensland Homeschooling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1650155218577821

·   Charters Towers Homeschoolers and Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1622419571121985/

·   Connecting Queensland Homeschoolers:
http://connectinghomeschoolers.com/

·   Cooran to Cooroy Homeschool/Natural Learning/ Unschoolers group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/308416112901833/

·   Culcairn QLD Billabong Home Ed
https://t.me/+AgdWhVxCdKYwMTNl

·   Darling Downs and Surrounding Areas Homeschoolers and Unschoolers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DarlingDownsAreaUnschoolers/

·   Darling Downs and Surrounds Home Ed Buy Sell Swap:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/513790892138505/

·   Education on the Western Downs
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1419496228170016

·   Emerald Home Education Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/EmeraldHomeEducationGroup/

·   FNQ and Cairns Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1513097219201991/

·   Fraser Coast Home Educators (Gympie and Surrounding Areas)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/693164600779746/

·   Free2Homeschool QLD
https://www.facebook.com/groups/free2homeschoolqld/

·   Free Range Kids Maryborough QLD
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1067095226685695

·   Gladstone Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gladstonehomeschoolers/

·   Gladstone Homeschool Co-op
https://www.facebook.com/groups/479742393503865/

·   Gold Coast ASD Homeschooling Families
https://www.facebook.com/groups/125870627550850/

·   Gold Coast Christian Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Gold.Coast.Christian.Homeschoolers/

·   Gold Coast Homeschoolers
https://www.goldcoasthomeschoolers.com/

·   Gold Coast Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/961406520549923/

·   Gold Coast Homeschool Events:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/679834585464128/

·   Gold Coast Homeschool Friends:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/728292877212221/

·   Gold Coast Homeschool Unschool Living Tribe
https://www.facebook.com/groups/679834585464128/

·   Gold Coast - Lets Hear It For The Boys - Gold Coast Homeschool Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1906205219634273/

·   Gold Coast Natural Learners
https://www.facebook.com/groups/892683164111154

·   Gold Coast Teen & Tween HomeSchoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1281507895294354

·   Gympie Homeschool Community  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/428833247539911/

·   Gympie and Surrounds Natural Learners and Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1866009697057436/

·   Gympie Homeschool and Surrounds
https://www.facebook.com/groups/693164600779746/

·   Hervey Bay Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/herveybayhomeschoolers/

·   Hervey Bay Unschoolers Natural Learners
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1750435871907947/

·   Home Education Deregistration Assistance QLD:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1745439005711936/

·   Home Education Queensland
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeEducationQld

·   Homeschooling in Queensland:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/728720610515775

·   Homeschooling in Queensland
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2314817825289481

·   Home Schooling Qld - Distance Ed Schools
https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeschoolingqlddeschools/

·   Homeschooling on the Spectrum (QLD Support Group for ASD families)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/203287163166767/

·   Homeschooling/Unschooling Families in Brissy (Moreton Bay Region)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/531143285850618/

·   Inner North & North West Brisbane Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2408050142655446/

·   Innisfail Home Education
https://www.facebook.com/groups/InnisfailHomeEd/

·   Innisfail, Mission Beach & Tully..Cassowary Coast
https://www.facebook.com/groups/764706026963062/

·   Ipswich Homeschool Village
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1540107472904252/

·   Ipswich Homeschoolers and Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/845541805509704/

·   Ipswich Homeschool Directory
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ipswichhomeschooldirectory

·   Innisfail Home Education
https://www.facebook.com/groups/InnisfailHomeEd/

·   Inverell Home Educators
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1114177465333842/

·   Ipswich Area:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/IpswichHomeschoolers/

·   Ipswich Flexible Learners:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/flexiblelearners/

·   Ipswich Region Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1540107472904252/

·   Ipswich Homeschoolers and Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/845541805509704/

·   Learning to learn (special needs):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/specialneedslearning/

·   Lockyer Valley and Surrounds Home Education Support Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1375049902571848/

·   Logan Central Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LoganCentralHomeschoolers/

·   Mackay Homeschool Hub
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1205888269444635/

·   Mackay Region Homeschool Network
https://www.facebook.com/groups/5145884822111273/

·   Marsden/Beenleigh
https://facebook.com/groups/167832343929829?

·   Morayfield Area Homeschool social club for 7-12 year olds
https://www.facebook.com/groups/903142293669173/

·   Moreton Bay
https://www.facebook.com/groups/233017603537560/

·   Moreton Bay Regional:
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/MBRHG/

·   Moreton Bay Region Homeschooling Connections
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MoretonBayRegionHomeschoolers/

·   Morten Bay and Surrounds
https://www.facebook.com/groups/621283938049868/

·   Moreton Bay Regional Homeschool Classifieds
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MoretonBayHomeschoolClassifieds/

·   Moreton Bay Homeschooling Tween and Teens
https://www.facebook.com/groups/621283938049868/

·   Mount Isa Homeschooling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/244100086166833/

·   Mt Tambourine 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/119987251926247/

·   Mt Tambourine and Hinterland 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416578731736045/

·   Neurodivergent Home Learners Cairns FNQ
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3458015534430734/

·   Noosa Homeschooling Hub
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1058867571326004/

·   North Gold Coast/ Logan Border  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/874769355998518/

·   North Queensland Homeschoolers:
http://australiannorthqldhomeschool.weebly.com/index.html

·   North Sunshine Coast Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/227283007395505/

·   NSW/QLD Border Home Ed Workshops & Events
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NswQldBorder.HomeEdEventsWorkshops

·   Ormeau/Logan/North Gold Coast  
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153610801325252/

·   Port Douglas Mossman Homeschool Support
https://www.facebook.com/groups/344792772273326/

·   PROCHOICE Homeschooling FNQ
https://www.facebook.com/groups/prochoicehomeschoolinglifestyle/

·   Redland City Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/133392626851808/

·   Redlands
https://www.facebook.com/groups/133392626851808/

·   Redlands QLD Homeschool Resources & Curriculum Buy Sell Swap
https://www.facebook.com/groups/754022101377149/

·   Rockhamptom: Lillian, Capricornia Christian Home Schoolers, bartonhome @ cqnet. com .au (remove spaces)

·   Roma and Surrounds Homeschooling Group
https://www.facebook.com/RomaHomeschool

·   Samford Valley Home Educators:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/380694515403055/

·   South Burnett Homeschoolers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/southburnetthomeschoolers/

·   South Burnett - Outings for Home School Families.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1085877914813305/

·   South East QLD Christian Homeschooler:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/161147844094080/

·   SEQ Homeschool High School Network
https://www.facebook.com/groups/seqhomeschoolhighschoolnetwork/

·   South East Queensland Home Schooling Support Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/453245311360036 /

·   SE Qld Secular Home Schoolers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/562144223809727/

·   South East Queensland Home Schooling Support Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SEQueenslandHomeSchooling/

·   South West Brisbane Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/180507818793991

·   South West QLD Homeschooling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/586437504884390/

·   Stanthorpe Home Education Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/407654979295303/

·   Sunshine Coast Christian Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sunshine.Coast.Christian.Homeschoolers/

·   Sunshine Coast:, Kym Fullerton Great Reasons to Homeschool:
https://www.facebook.com/educationideas/

·   Sunshine Coast Homeschool Community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1585064621705890/

·   Sunshine Coast Homeschoolers
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/SunshineCoastHomeschoolers/

·   Sunshine Coast Home Schooling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/410268882416123

·   SunnyHomeschool/Unschool Support Hub:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SunnyHomeschoolSupportHub/

·   Teen Support/Meet Up - SEQ Homeschool Highschool Network 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/seqhomeschoolhighschoolnetwork/

·   THE-Tablelands Home Education:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/tablelandshomeed

·   Toowoomba - Wirraglen:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wirraglen-Support-Group-for-Home-Schoolers/547718785250197

·   Toowoomba Unschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ToowoombaUnschoolers/

·   Townsville Christian Homeschooling
https://www.facebook.com/groups/701527002178120/

·   Townsville & NQ Homeschool Camps, Excursions & Activities
https://www.facebook.com/groups/643003310077413/

·   Townsville Group:
http://australiannorthqldhomeschool.weebly.com/townsville-homeschoolers.html

·   Townsville Living Tribe Unschoolers and Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/395615720821660/

·   Townsville and North QLD Homeschoolers:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/162519540544409/

·   Townsville Unschoolers:
http://australiannorthqldhomeschool.weebly.com/townsville
-homeschoolers.html

·   Unschool Brisbane:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1013568252002477/

·   Unschooling Queensland:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnschoolingQueensland/

·   Unschooling Qld Info:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnschoolingQldInfo/

·   Waldorf Steiner Homeschoolers Brisbane
https://www.facebook.com/groups/waldorfhomeschoolersbrisbane/

·   Warwick and Surrounds Homeschoolers Australia
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1922411451231309/

·   Wide Bay QLD Homeschool:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/187131144698454/

·   Wynnum Homeschool & Unschool Community
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wynnumHS/

Teen Groups

·   Teen/Tween Homeschoolers South East Qld
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353878271363931/

·   Gold Coast Teen & Tween HomeSchoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1281507895294354/

·   High school Home School Gold Coast Meet Up
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1598841093675671/

·   Morten Bay and Surrounds Homeschooling Teens
https://www.facebook.com/groups/621283938049868/

·   SEQ Homeschool High School Network
https://www.facebook.com/groups/seqhomeschoolhighschoolnetwork/

·   South Brisbane Tween & Teen Homeschoolers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sbristeentweenhs

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