Australasian Philosothon-This has been running since 2011. In 2020 the Australasian Philosothon will be hosted by the Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) It is held yearly and teams are invited to attend on the basis of their success in the state or regional Philosothons. Contact: Matthew Wills - philosothon@yahoo.com
If your school is yet to participate in a Philosothon and you would like to enter a team then contact one of the people listed below and they will let you know if there is room for your school to enter a team. If you are a remote location or if there are not any Philosothons near you please consider inviting some other nearby schools to participate. There are funding grants to support people and various options in order to make it cost neutral to your school.
Western Australia
Perth Philosothon - Hale school hosted the first Philosothon back in 2007. UWA is now hosting the 2020 Perth Philosothon. In 2020 UWA will host the thirteenth WA Philosothon on 24th November. Contact Professor Rob Wilson- UWA
South West - Georgiana Molloy Anglican School- Contact Person - Brad Taylor- bta@gmas.wa.edu.au
Albany - St Josephs College- Contact Person Jane.Bennett@cewa.edu.au
Western Australian Primary School Philosothon In 2019 Geographe Bay Primary School received funding to start up a Primary Philosothon. Coordinator Alison Freeman-Alison.Freeman@education.wa.edu.au
New South Wales
Sydney - Nth Sydney Girls High School Sydney hosted the Sydney Philosothon in 2019.
Northern NSW Bishop Druitt College in Northern Coffs Harbour will have been hosting Philosothons for some years . Contact Sue Paff paffsue@gmail.com
Central NSW, Orange- Kinross Wolaroi School Contact person Yooie Choi Email: ychoi@kws.nsw.edu.au
The Armidale School- cboydell@as.edu.au
Primary School Philosothon- Dubbo NSW Contact Mandi Randell- mandi.randell@theacademy.nsw.edu.au
ACT
Canberra- Radford College- Contact Person- Catherine Geraghty-Slavica- cg-s@grapevine.com.au
Victoria
Victorian Secondary School Philosothons
Melbourne -Scotch College. Contact Michele Linossier michele.linossier@scotch.vic.edu.au
Philip Island- Newhaven College- Contact person Richard Prideaux - Email: richard.prideaux@newhavencol.vic.edu.au
Mornington Peninsula- Mornington Secondary College- Contact Michelle Rocca- mrc@mornsc.vic.edu.au
Queensland
Brisbane - Since 2014 the Brisbane Senior School Philosothon has been held at the University of Queensland- Contact-
Peter Ellerton- peter.ellerton@uq.edu.au
Brisbane- Cavandish High School In 2014 Cavandish HS hosted a Philosothon for Year 7 students.
Contact Adam Kuss at kuss7@eq.edu.au
Bundaberg Christian College
Contact person Amanda Kelk- amanda.kelk@bcc.net.au
South Australia
Adelaide- In 2020 Seymour College will host the South Australian Philosothon. Contact Matthew Wills if you would like to know more at mailto:philosothon@yahoo.com
Junior School Philosothon- St Peters Girls School will host the first Junior School Philosothon in 2020 Contact Matthew Wills if you would like to know more at philosothon@yahoo.com
Tasmania
Hobart- Tasmanian High Schools & Colleges Philosothon The first TAS High School & College Philosothon was held in 2013 Contact Dr David Treanor. DTreanor@gyc.tas.edu.au
New Zealand
Hamilton- Waikato Diocesan School for Girls Philosothon Contact Person- Mark Bellham- Email mark.bellham@stpeters.school.nz
United Kingdom
Taunton-The first UK Philosothons happened in 2014. These are held annually at Kings College Taunton. Contact Father Mark Smith -
MASmith@kings-taunton.co.uk or Julie Arliss - juliearliss@btopenworld.com Click here for the UK Philosothon Website. There also Primary School Philosothons hosted by the Philosophy Foundation - Contact Emma Worley at
emma@philosophy-foundation.org
