From the end of July 08 this website will no longer be updated but will remain online as an archive.
For current information about home education in Australia please visit the Home Education Association of Australia.
While there, please consider joining this vital support network that works hard to promote home education in Australia.
Please note that Beverley Paine is unavailable to answer telephone and email inquiries, etc. Please join a support group in your state.

Home education is a legal alternative to school education in Australia. State governments are responsible for regulating home education.
Different states have different requirements, however homeschooling families are able to develop curriculum and learning programs
to suit the individual needs of their children.

Contribute to the development and maintenance of the growing collection of homeschooling community support services you will find on Homeschool Australia -- Newsletter, Online Support Group, Australian Home Education Directory, personal replies by Beverley Paine to your emails, as well as the hundreds of pages on the Curriculum site, etc. We need your help to keep the suite of Homeschool Australia websites online.

If you like and use what you find on our web site and have the ability, we encourage you to...

Become A Homeschool Australia Supporter
By Making A Financial Gift Contribution
click on the button below to make a donation

Why We Need Your Help

Homeschool Australia is owned and managed by Beverley and Robin Paine and supported by their small, home-based self-publishing business, Always Learning Books. The work done to maintain and support Homeschool Australia's online presence is done on a voluntary basis. As our operating expenses are relatively low we can afford to invest considerable time and energy into providing the free homeschooling community support services, such as those listed above and on the menu at your right.

In the past we have not charged membership or subscription fees, or accepted paid advertising. However, a change in circumstances has meant that we now derive all our income from our writing and publishing endeavours and because of this we have begun to accept advertising on our websites. We are funded solely by modest sales through our on-line store, advertising by educational and homeschool suppliers and, more importantly, by generous, voluntary gift contributions from people like you!

Your donation will help us continue to
encourage and support homeschoolers
and help them become confident with
teaching their children at home!

By deliberately choosing to operate as a 'for-profit' corporation, we hope to model sustainable small business practices. We hope that our efforts and success will encourage others, especially young homeschool graduates, to earn an income from what they believe in and what they love to do most.

To be successful long-term, we believe that we must operate through self-funding, either through sales of our publications, through sensitive and appropriate advertising on our websites and through the generous donations of our friends in the Homeschooling Community.

We are not asking for much. In fact, if every person who joined our Newsletter announce list, or participated in our online Support Group, or who used our extensive homeschool and curriculum articles Library were to contribute $10 or $20 dollars a year -- a couple of dollars a month -- we would have the funding to meet all of our financial commitments without difficulty. A gift of any size, small or large, is greatly appreciated.

You can donate online via the PayPal button above, or send a cheque or money order to:

Beverley Paine
Homeschool Australia
PO Box 371, Yankalilla 5203
South Australia

Since 1989 Robin and Beverley have devoted thousands of hours annually to promoting and supporting the rapidly growing home educating community of Australia. During this time they home educated their three, now adult, children. Beverley has written and self-published many titles on home education which she sells from home. Their small self-publishing business, Always Learning Books, and the suite of Homeschool Australia websites, provides their only source of income. Your donation will enable them to continue to do this work for years to come!

Thank you for your generous donation to Homeschool Australia.

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