What is the best city to live in Australia ?
Hey , I am soon moving back to Australia after 3 years away , I am bringing along with me my Italian boyfriend who has just received a working holiday visa. When I was in Australia I lived in a small country town and have never been to Brisbane or Melbourne . I have been in Sydney and loved it but id like to know about the others too . We are both 25 and hate cold weather but love big city's . Any suggestions ?
Other - Australia - 7 Answers
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Darwin, all the way. No cold weather to worry about, plenty of people your age, plenty of other Europeans, plenty of jobs, and rather more secure economy than most places. Plus, it's growing fast so you can take your choice in places.
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Perth- because we where voted the 4th best in the world to live in
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G'day, Seeing you like the hot weather, most of Australia is good for you. If you can get a job in Perth (engineer e.t.c.) that would be good. Nothing really to do in Adelaide. Brisbane\Gold Coast have a good oceanic climate. However, the BEST out of all of them is Sydney! If you loved Sydney, I can almost promise you that this place is for you!
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Brisbane would get my vote in your situation. I was born and lived there for 16 years, lived in Melbourne for 6 years and currently live near Newcastle NSW. (my preference; but not a big city). 'Brissy' has just the climate for you, and the city has every thing you would want or need. Melbourne rocks too, but the weather is often cold. Welcome home.
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Anywhere in sunny queensland is warm. Perth is a beautiful place too
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Go to Perth its booming right now has really nice people and weather. I would not recommend moving to anywhere in Queensland as they are all mad as cut snakes.
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Darwin would be too hot in my opinion But i would say somewhere on the mid to north coast of NSW or the southern coast of QLD. All in all i suggest the gold coast or somewhere around that area. http://cache.virtualtourist.com/173601-Gold_Coast-Gold_Coast.jpg http://media.hubonline.com.au/agents_folder/2744/gold-coast.jpg
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Where do most of the people live in Australia?
Not where, as in Sydney but where, cities near the beach. Do many people live in the middle of australia in the desert? Where do they live in australia and why do they live there and not anywhere else?
Other - Australia - 6 Answers
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80% of Australians live in large cities or towns within driving distance of the beach. They live there because the interior is mostly a dry inhospitable desert. The majority live on the east coast because that is where the first convicts where settled. Remember that Sydney was started as the destination for British convicts sentenced to transportation to Australia. They chose Sydney (and Tasmania) because of the huge distances from any other civilisation. Those that chose to escape (and very few did) either had to swim 3000kms to Indonesia or go live with the Aboriginal tribes on the fringe.
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The majority of Australians live along the east coast, and fairly close to a beach of some sort. Inland Australia is sparsely inhabited with a few small towns. It is just not practical to live in the desert due to lack of water, transport etc so most of us hang about on the coast.
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Most of Australia's population is concentrated in two widely separated coastal regions. By far the largest of these, in terms of area and population, lies in the south-east and east. The smaller of the two regions is in the south-west of the continent. In both coastal regions the population is concentrated in urban centres, particularly the State and Territory capital cities. Half the area of the continent contains only 0.3% of the population, and the most densely populated 1% of the continent contains 84% of the population. Why do people live in the desert outback? They comprise of police, sheep & cattle people; miners; hermits; roadhouse operators; shop owners; hoteliers; motel staff etc... Many aboriginal communities are situated in some of the most remote areas of Australia. These communities, apart from the local inhabitants, also have white support staff ---- police, nurses, teachers, welfare officers, mechanics, drivers, project officers, CDEP officers, store keepers, administration staff etc. None of the aboriginal communities are self managed!
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Most Aussies live in urban areas, mainly on larger cities along the coast. They live in a cosmopolitan lifestyle. They love going out. They love parties and celebration. They like it being always involved in sports, spectators or participants. They usually sympathize with the underdog. Australians are also the hardest-working type of people in the world, owning the longest average working hour in the whole world.
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On the east coast.
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The coast
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How many South Africans live in Australia?
I am moving to Australia soon, but I do not know in what area to live in, and I would preferably be living where there are a lot of fellow South Africans. So if anyone knows how many South Africans live in a city as well as the number of total people in that city, please post the answer. Furthermore I would also like to know the TOTAL amount of people in Australia as well as TOTAL amount of South Africans living in Australia. I tried searching the web for these answer but I got nowhere, so a website regarding the answers would also be appreciated
Other - Australia - 5 Answers
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hopefully number are up, because we go on our bi-weekly south African hunt this Thursday, if there out we will track them down
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Brisbane population- 1,857,594 South Africans - 12,796 Sydney poplation - 4,284,379 South Africans - 28,429 Melbourne population - 3,806,092 South Africans - 17,317 Perth population - 1,554,769 South Africans - 18,828 approx (only the major citys seem to show the population of SA's in them.) Also: 22,711 South Africans in the queensland state. (http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=QuickStats&btnSelectProduct=View+QuickStats+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=3&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=LP&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=201&action=401&textversion=false) Also in the state Western Australia there is 22,050 South Africans. (http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=QuickStats&btnSelectProduct=View+QuickStats+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=5&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=LP&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=201&action=401&textversion=false) (isn't mentioned in other states because SA's are not one of the most majoroity and is out done by other countries.) Though the state New South Whales has the most SA's since there is 28,429 in sydney. 104,127 of SA's in Australia (0.5%) of the aussie population. Total 21,468,700 of people in Australia.
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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 census tables, the number of people claiming to be from South Africa was 104,120 at the census date. Our current population is 21,557,737 and in 2006 it would have been something like 21,500,000. For individual cities and states, go to the ABS site: http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/census+data?opendocument?utm_id=LN Select 2006 Census tables and take it from there. The ABS figures are different from the Wikipedia ones. Up to you which ones you believe.
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For the total amounts, I am not too sure but as a Sydneysider, I can tell you that a suburb called "St Ives" on the North Shore is home to a large South African population. On the opposite side of Sydney, in the Sutherland Shire, there are also a fair bit of South Africans.
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Wow, great statistics. Though I thought all South Africans lived in Perth. This city is full of them!
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Can my wife and I get Visas from her parents to live in Australia?
Can my mother and father-in-law sponsor my wife and I to get our Visas to permanently live in Australia?
Immigration - 4 Answers
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write her parents and ask they are not in America are they
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How about this...Call the Australia consulate and ASK
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Yes you can. I suggest you go onto the immigration website www.immi.gov.au/ and click on the link find a visa...this gives you an online test to see if you can qualify. It is better to apply while you are still living overseas as it is cheaper to do it that way. If you apply while you are onshore in Australia expect to pay a couple of thousand extra.
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The only 'family' type of visa that you could be eligible for is a subclass 115 (offshore) or subclass 835 (onshore) Remaining Relative visa, but there are some strict eligibility requirements and not many people can meet them. From the DIAC website: "This visa is for you if both of these apply: * you have a brother, sister, parent (or step-equivalent) who is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen usually resident in Australia * you and your spouse have no brothers, sisters, non-dependent children, parents (or step-equivalents) other than those in Australia. Your spouse and other family members may be included in your application if they meet certain requirements." http://www.immi.gov.au/migrants/family/115/ If you don't qualify for a Remaining Relative visa, your only option is skilled immigration. Your parents can sponsor you, but the ONLY benefit is that you only need to score 100 points on the points test rather than the usual 120. You must still have qualifications and experience in one of our listed occupations; you must still obtain a positive skills assessment; you must still meet health, character and English requirements and the waiting times are much the same as they would be for an unsponsored visa for the same occupation. http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/visa-options-outside.htm
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