Moving to Melbourne

Warning: you may never want to go home.

Thinking of moving to Melbourne?

Want to know a little more about this great place and one of the world’s most liveable cities?

Maybe you want more information on lifestyle, interesting tourist spots, great restaurants and cafés, beaches and walks?  Maybe you would like to sail or surf or ski, go to the theatre, enjoy comedy and the arts, or attend world-class, high profile spectator sports?  Or go shopping? Know where you might seek out expatriates, or religious services?  Melbourne has all those and more…..

We have identified a number of interesting and pertinent web sites for you to visit at your leisure to give you a better idea of what Melbourne is all about. We have also identified a number of those websites that provide you with information about the cost of living and education, housing, transport, migration and sponsorship, professional registration and employment, taxation services, driving, public transport and more

The following websites will help guide you with many of your queries and help you decide that Melbourne is the place to be.

All about Melbourne

Relevant government sites

Victorian Government - www.vic.gov.au
Australian Tax Office (tax and superannuation information) www.ato.gov.au
Department of Immigration www.dimia.gov.au
Family Assistance Office www.familyassist.gov.au
Victorian Department of Education & Training -  www.education.vic.gov.au
Department of Education Science & Training - www.dest.gov.au
Visa applications online - www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au
Investment - www.invest.vic.gov.au

Professional sites

Computer Match (for graduate nurses) - www.pmcv.com.au
Nurses Board of Victoria - www.nbv.org.au
Royal College of Nursing Australia - http://www.rcna.org.au/
Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) - http://www.anf.org.au/
Department of Human Services (Health) - http://hnp.dhs.vic.gov.au/wps/portal

Education sector

Deakin University - www.deakin.edu.au
Latrobe University - www.latrobe.edu.au
Monash University - www.monash.edu.au
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - www.rmit.edu.au
Chisholm Institute of TAFE - www.chisholm.vic.edu.au

Sites of interest around Melbourne

Real estate

Newspapers online

 

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