The Displaced African

Below is a list of words, expressions and institutions that you will regularly hear about once you land in the land down under. I expect this list to expand as you guys send me words that you often use within your Australian experience. For more information on Australian slang words check out Koala Net Read the rest of this entry »

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To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

Relationships

We are in the home stretch! I thought I would make this final article short, sweet and to the point.

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To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

Employment

I will take two hypothetical scenarios and offer employment solutions for both.

You Have Been Beaten and Dumped in the Middle of an Australian City with No Documentation and No Money in Your Pocket

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To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

Banking

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First of all: I am now the proud owner of displacedafrican.com. This means that if you would like to visit this website you can now find it by typing in either:

a) www.displacedafrican.com OR;

b) www.thedisplacedafrican.com

Hopefully that will make finding this website a lot easier for many of you.

To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

Private Transport: Driving

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To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

NB: The unit of currency in Australia is the Australian dollar which I shall represent with the symbol: $

Police Check

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To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

Get Your Documents Certified

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To see the checklist that will assist you in immigrating over to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in this series.

Awareness

Three stories, hopefully you’ll see the moral of the tale as we go along.

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To refer to the check-list that you will guide you in immigrating to Australia within a week please refer to the Introduction post in the series.

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To have a look at the check-list that will assist you to immigrate to Australia within a week, please refer to the Introduction post on how to immigrate to Australia within a week.

How to Prepare to Immigrate to Australia

Today we will cover three things that will help smoothen out the Africa-Australia transition: credit cards, spare cash and paperwork.

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