Southern Cross Quilters is an online quilt group for Australians and New Zealanders and expats of those countries.
Currently hosted at YahooGroups, SCQuilters has existed since 1994 and has about 2200 members.

To join the group, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scquilters and read the instructions. Don't forget to tell us your affiliation with Australia or New Zealand and provide us with your location and postcode.

SCQuilters spin-off groups

Many other online groups have formed from Southern Cross Quilters' members. Not all are now closely affiliated with SCQuilters, as groups have developed and changed over the years.

SCQuilters-Commercial
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scquilters-commercial

NSW SCQuilters
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NSW_SCQuilters/

SCQIllawarras
A group if SCQuilters living in souther Sydney and the Illawarra, meeting monthly.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScqIllawarras/

SYD-SCQuilters
A group meeting monthly on the northern side of Sydney
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SYD-SCQuilters/

SCQuilty Tarts
Melbourne night ladies quilting group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scquilty-Tarts
http://www.scquiltytarts.blogspot.com.au/

Carrum Downs Quilters
A group that meets monthly in Victoria
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vicscquilterscarrumdowns/
http://carrumdownsscquilters.blogspot.com.au/

Geelong SCQuilters
Scquilters living in the Geelong area, Victoria
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Geelongscquilters/

Queensland Quilters
An online group for SCQuilters in QLD.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QLD_SCQuilters/

Get togethers in Queensland
http://qldscquiltersgtg.blogspot.com.au/

Canberra SCQuilters
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canberrascquilters/

CanSCQUFO
A group of Canberra SCQuilters aiming to finish a UFO a year.
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/CanscqUFO/

TAS SCQ
An email group for members living in Tasmania
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TAS-SCQ/

SCQ-Teachers
For Teachers, Students or Shop-keepers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCQ-Teachers

Mystery Quilt
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mq

ATC swaps
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCQATCswap/

Yarra Valley SCQuilters
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/yvscq/

YEAR QUILTS
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yearquiltscq

Green Tea and Sweet Bean BOM
This is a group of SCQuilters who want to join other who are embarking on the journey to create the Quilt - Green Tea and Sweet Beans BOM by Jen Kingwell (pattern available for purchase at http://www.amitie.com.au/) no sharing of the pattern is allowed.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenTeaandSweetBeansBOM

OTHER GROUPS
BlueWhite
Patchworkers discussing The Bill and similar TV shows
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bluewhite

Chains of Hearts
Crazy Patchwork and Embellishers Chat and swap group
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ChainsofHearts/

Commercial Quilters
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/machine_quilting

Dear Jane
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dearjaners

For Hand Applique Lovers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/downunderbaltimoreladies

Hexagon Quilts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hexagonquilts/

Quilting Down Under
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QuiltingDownUnder

Quilt with Christ
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quiltwithchristnzau

Sew Art
Caters for people who sew clothing and other non-quilty things.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sewart

General Swap group SCQIS (was originally the Initial Swap group)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCQIS/