British Expatriate Network

Hi there

Following is a list of REALLY helpful links for those considering relocating to Aus (esp Qld).

They were compiled by the folks at http://www.where2live.info who run relocation tours and write a series of guidebooks on relocating down under.

Hope they help!

Useful Websites

Commonwealth Government
Australian Government http://www.australia.gov.au
Australian Customs Service http://www.customs.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs http://www.immi.gov.au or http://www.dimia.gov.au
Australian Taxation Office (ATO) http://www.ato.gov.au
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs http://www.immi.gov.au or http://www.dimia.gov.au
Business Entry Point http://www.business.gov.au

Queensland Government
Queensland Government http://www.qld.gov.au
Smart Small Business http://www.smartsmallbusiness.qld.gov.au
Department of State Development and Innovation http://www.sdi.qld.gov.au
Venture Capital and Commercialisation http://www.sdi.qld.gov.au/vcu
Education Queensland http://www.education.qld.gov.au
Queensland Health http://www.health.qld.gov.au
Department of Industrial Relations http://www.ir.qld.gov.au
Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development http://www.dtftwid.qld.gov.au/fairtrading
Office of Economic and Statistical Research http://www.oesr.qld.gov.au
Tourism Queensland http://www.tq.com.au
Residential Tenancies Authority http://www.rta.qld.gov.au
Sport and Recreation Queensland http://www.srq.qld.gov.au

Local Government
Our Brisbane http://www.ourbrisbane.com
Brisbane http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au
Gold Coast http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au
Logan http://www.logan.qld.gov.au
Caboolture http://www.caboolture.qld.gov.au
Ipswich http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au
Redland http://www.redland.qld.gov.au
Redcliffe http://www.redcliffe.qld.gov.au

Regional information
Rural Lifestyles Queensland http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/rlq

Australian Embassies
London http://www.australia.org.uk
All overseas DIMA offices http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/overseas.htm
All overseas Australian missions http://www.dfat.gov.au/missions/

Embassies in Australia
All Foreign Embassies in Australia http://www.www.info.dfat.gov.au/protocol
British Embassies in Australia http://www.britaus.net

Weather
Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au

Migration
Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) http://www.mia.org.au
The Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) http://www.themara.com.au
Immigration, Citizenship & Settlement http://www.immigrationportal.gov.au or http://www.citizenship.gov.au
Queensland Government Migration http://www.migration.qld.gov.au
Migration Review Tribunal http://www.mrt.gov.au

Cultural support services
Multicultural Australia http://www.immi.gov.au/multicultural
Queensland Multicultural Resource Directory http://www.premiers.qld.gov.au/multicultural
Beginning a Life in Australia booklets
http://www.immi.gov.au/settle/booklets/booklets.htm

Settlement information for migrants to Australia http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/994i.pdf

Property
Where to Live Guides http://www.where2live.info
Foreign Investment Review Board http://www.firb.gov.au
Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) http://www.reiq.com.au
Property Council of Australia http://www.propertyoz.com.au
Residential Tenancies Authority http://www.rta.qld.gov.au
Real Estate Realities http://www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au/oft/oftweb.nsf
Realestate.com.au http://www.realestate.com.au
Domain http://www.domain.com.au
Property Prices, Averages & Comparisons http://www.propertyvalue.com.au
British Assn of Removers http://www.bar.co.uk

Skill Assessing Authorities
Engineers http://www.ieaust.org.au
Architechts http://www.aaca.org.au
Accountants http://www.icaa.org.au
Psychology http://www.aps.psychsociety.com.au
IT&T http://www.acs.org.au
Nurses http://www.anmc.org.au
Translators http://www.naati.com.au
Teachers http://www.detya.gov.au/noosr/
Tradespeople Workplace.gov.au

Employment
Qld Gvt Jobs http://www.jobs.qld.gov.au
Australian Job Search http://www.jobsearch.gov.au
Seek http://www.seek.com.au
Career One http://www.careerone.com.au
My Career http://www.mycareer.com.au
Australian Nursing Council http://www.anci.org.au
Teaching http://www.education.qld.gov.au/hr/recru.../teaching/
Qld Police http://www.police.qld.gov.au
Industrial Relations http://www.dtir.qld.gov.au
Wageline http://www.wageline.qld.gov.au

Education
Education Queensland http://www.education.qld.gov.au
Study Queensland http://www.studyqueensland.qld.edu.au
Department of Education, Science and Training http://www.dest.gov.au
Going to University http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Assn of Independent Schools of Qld http://www.aisq.qld.edu.au
Private Schools Guide http://www.privateschoolsguide.com

Medical
Queensland Health http://www.health.qld.gov.au
Women’s Health http://www.womhealth.org.au
Australia’s Health System http://www.phiac.gov.au
Medicare (Public Health System) http://www.hic.gov.au
Australian Health Insurance http://www.ahia.org.au
Medibank Private http://www.medibank.com.au
MBF http://www.mbf.com.au

Transport & Tours
Department of Transport http://www.transport.qld.gov.au
Main Roads http://www.mainroads.qld.gov.au
Transinfo http://www.transinfo.com.au
Brisbane Airport http://www.bne.com.au
Gold Coast Airport http://www.goldcoastairport.com
Qantas http://www.qantas.com.au
Virgin Blue http://www.virginblue.com.au
Jet Star http://www.jetstar.com.au
Where to Live Guided Tours (Relocation tours) http://www.where2live.info
Greyhound Buslines http://www.greyhound.com.au
Avis http://www.avis.com.au
Accommodation http://www.quickbeds.com.au

Law and Order
Queensland Police http://www.police.qld.gov.au
Australian Law Online http://www.law.gov.au
Queensland Law Society http://www.qls.com.au

Religious Organisations
Directory of religious organisations http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/religion.html

Environment / lifestyle
Queensland Holidays http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au
Environment and Resources http://www.qld.gov.au/services_for_queenslanders/
environment_and_resources

Directories & Search engines
Yellow Pages http://www.yellowpages.com.au
White Pages http://www.whitepages.com.au
Web Wombat http://www.webwombat.com.au

Media
Where to Live Guides http://www.where2live.info
Courier Mail Newspaper http://www.couriermail.com.au
SBS – Special Broadcasting Service http://www.sbs.com.au
ABC – Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au
Ninemsn http://www.9msn.com.au
The Australian http://www.news.com.au
Channel Seven http://www.seven.com.au
Australian financial Review http://www.afr.com.au

Maps
Queensland Local Government Map http://www.lgp.qld.gov.au
WhereIs http://www.whereis.com.au

Banks
Suncorp Metway http://www.suncorpmetway.com.au
ANZ http://www.anz.com.au
HSBC Bank Australia http://www.hsbc.com.au
Commonwealth Bank http://www.cba.com.au or http://www.migrantbanking.co.uk
Westpac Banking Corporation http://www.westpac.com.au
National Australia Bank http://www.national.com.au
Bank of Queensland http://www.boq.com.au

Power/Gas Utilities
Energex http://www.energex.com.au

Telecommunications/ Internet
Telstra http://www.telstra.com.au
Optus http://www.optus.com.au
Vodafone http://www.vodafone.com.au
Virgin Mobile http://www.virginmobile.com.au

Postal Services
Australia Post http://www.auspost.com.au

Shopping
Coles Supermarket http://www.coles.com.au
Woolworths Supermarket http://www.woolworths.com.au
Dymocks Bookshop http://www.dymocks.com.au
Dick Smith Electrical http://www.dse.com.au
Harvey Norman Home Furnishings http://www.harveynorman.com.au
David Jones Department Store http://www.davidjones.com.au
Myer Department Store http://www.myer.com.au

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Thanks, I'll add the ones we don't already have to our links directory on the homepage. )