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Your dedicated and trusted partner.

In a time of rapid change in education, Campion Education is helping schools navigate the future with confidence.

More than just a service provider, Campion is a trusted advisor. Our role as Australia’s leading supplier of education resources – print, digital, and stationery – is the foundation that enables us to go further. We partner closely with schools to provide seamless service, reduce administrative complexity, and ensure every student has access to the resources they need.

As an Australian family-owned company, we remain committed to creating bright futures by delivering not only trusted products and services, but also forward-looking solutions that shape what’s next in education.

Two Years Running: Service Provider of the Year

The Campion Group

Campion Education is part of The Campion Group, an Australian, family owned business that supports education, learning, technology and books.

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Everything you need - from one supplier

More than 700k students - every year

The largest supplier of school resources. We help hundreds of thousands of students get ready for school each year. At our peak we pack 10,000 orders a day.
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Retail service centres across Australia

Our friendly staff assist families to find what they need and help with returns or exchanges – in our physical stores, close to home.
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An Australian business — that gives back

Campion Education is an Australian, family owned business. We employ thousands of young people every summer, giving back to local communities.
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Supporting education for generations

We work with schools – primary, secondary, government and non-government sectors. We’re trusted to help schools navigate changes in curriculum, technology and teaching methods.
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“Education has never been more critical—or more complex. At Campion Education, our focus is on making education as straightforward and effective as possible and ensuring students have the resources they need to thrive. I am honoured to lead a company with such a strong legacy of supporting educators and students. Campion has always been about providing solutions that make a real difference, and I look forward to continuing this legacy of impact.”

Tom, Chief Executive Officer,                                                        Campion Education & The Campion Group

More than 80 years of history

Campion Press was established in the late 1950s by John Oostermeyer, with a vision to become a book supplier to Catholic schools in Australia. The original office was in Pelham Street, Carlton VIC. Hugh Slattery took over in the early 1960s and created a successful business in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.

“The market was opposite and Campion was one building back from the corner of Therry Street which had a laneway with back parking and all the trucks would deliver down the lane to the back. There was a huge flood in February 1972 and someone left Campion’s back door open and the water rushed in there from the market across the street. It was 3 feet above their floor level. That’s why they flooded.” (Previous Campion staff member Clare P).

Following the floods of 1972, Campion moved to 253 Flinders Lane just up from Degraves Street, then to 83 Franklin Street. “We used to sell a huge amount of books and stationery out of the Melbourne showgrounds. Armaguard trucks would come to the showgrounds to collect the cash from the customers as everything was paid for in cash or cheque. We also would load up lots of trucks to take orders out to schools for their book sell days. One of the sell day trucks got stolen from the showgrounds and was found in Wangaratta with a stolen motorbike and an angry bulldog in the back. We used to sell lots of greeting and birthday cards in the Franklin St store.” (Campion staff member Neville C).

Two Adelaide-based families bought the school resource distributor in 1996 and the business has since continued to grow to support schools, students and education Australia-wide.

Sites in the 90s included Middleborough Road, Box Hill and Mitcham Road, Mitcham. In 2014 Campion moved to the current Vic head office in Nunawading and opened the huge operational hub in Dandenong South. Today The Campion Group has nearly 20 sites across Victoria, NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia. The Group’s businesses include school supplier Campion Education, publisher Insight Publications, library supplier The Book House and education technology specialist EdSoft.

As a family-owned company, a number of Campion staff have been with the business for decades. The longest serving permanent team member started with Campion in 1976, and the number with 20+ years of service is extensive, bringing stability and experience to the business. Along with retail, operations and customer support, one of the largest staff groups at Campion today is the IT and web development team, helping the business stay ahead of the tech curve in building out platforms for school and student usage and maintaining tech security.

Chaos as floods stop City. Cars float in record rains. The Age, 18 February 1972 (republished 14 February 2020)

Campion Books, Hornsby. Photograph by Sue Johnston, 1989, Hornsby Shire Recollects

275 Middleborough Road Box Hill, circa 1996. (c)Campion Education

Community

Education is the heart of our business. We are proud to help organisations that support students’ education.

Partnerships

We partner with quality publishers, content creators and suppliers from Australia and around the globe.

Environment

As Australia’s largest supplier of school resources, we are committed to reducing our impact on the environment.

Careers

We’re Australian family owned, with a strong and stable leadership team, flexible working conditions and a supportive, positive culture.

The Campion Group

The Campion Group is an Australian, family owned business that supports education, learning, technology and books.

Contact us

We have locations throughout Australia — contact your local Campion.