Government Education Portal - Australia

Australian Montessori Society - Montessori learning centres  

URL:  http://www.montessori.wa.edu.au/Schools.aspx

The Australian Montessori Society provides a search tool to locate the Montessori learning centres in each state. Included are preschools, day care centres, early learning centres, playgroups, and schools.

CareforKids: Child care search  

URL:  http://www.careforkids.com.au/

This site provides a national search for range of child care services: child care centres, nannies, babysitters, au pairs, preschools, family day care, after school care, vacation care and more. A clickable map enables a search by region.

Family Day Care Scheme Locator  

URL:  http://www.familydaycare.com.au/scheme_locator.html

Category:  Out of School Care 

Family Day Care Australia provides a listing of all family day care schemes in Australia. Each scheme services a geographic region that is wider than just the postcode in which they are located. Users can simply click through to find an alphabetical listing of schemes in each State or Territory.

NCAC - Search for a child care service  

URL:  http://www.ncac.gov.au/Search/Search1.asp

Category:  Out of School Care 

The National Child Care Accreditation Council maintains a register of family day care schemes, long day care centres and outside school hours care services registered with NCAC to participate in the Child Care Quality Assurance systems. Here you can find the contact details and accreditation status of child care services throughout Australia. There are two ways to search: Child care by location, Child care by service name.

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care - Service Directory  

URL:  http://services.snaicc.asn.au/

Category:  Out of School Care 

The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, SNAICC, provides a searchable service directory of Indigenous family and children's services, health and legal services, government departments, peak bodies and resources agencies from across the country. You can use the search to look up services, including child care and preschool services, that work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, in each state.

Steiner Schools in Australia - Early childhood and playgroups  

URL:  http://www.steiner-australia.org/other/early-childhood.html

This section of the Steiner Schools in Australia website provides resources on starting a Steiner playgroup or kindergarten, information about the Steiner philosophy and links to state lists of Steiner playgroups including NSW, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.