Links and contact information for licensing authorities in Australia, along with other helpful links relevant to the practice of nursing in Australia.

Australian Immigration Department

PO Box 25, Belconnen ACT 2616

Telephone: (02) 6264 1111

Facsimile: (02) 6264 2747

National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition

GPO Box 1407 Canberra Act 2601 Australia

Phone: 1800 020 086 (toll free within Australia)

email: noosr@detya.gov.au

Royal College of Nursing

Phone: 1800 061 660 from within Australia

Fax: (02) 6282 3565.

International contact numbers are:

Phone: + 61 2 6282 5633

Fax: + 61 2 6282 3565

email: canberra@rcna.org.au

Nurses Registration Board of New South Wales

PO Box K599, Haymarket, Sydney, NSW 1238

Level 2

28 - 36 Foveaux Street

Surry Hills, Sydney NSW

Telephone : (02) 9219 0222 / 1800 241 220

or from outside Australia : 61-2-9219 0222

Facsimile : (02) 9281 2030

or from outside Australia : 61-2-9281 2030

email : nursesreg@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

Nurses Board of Western Australia

Locked Bag 6, East Perth WA 6892

Level 1, 165 Adelaide Terrace,

East Perth WA 6004

Telephone: (08) 9421 1100

Facsimile: (08) 9421 1022

email: info@nbwa.org.au

Queensland Nursing Council

GPO Box 2928, Brisbane, Q, 4001

12th Floor, Forestry House,

160 Mary Street, Brisbane

Phone: +617 32235111

1300 139993(for Queensland callers outside Brisbane)

Facsimile: +61 7 32235115

Nurses In South Australia

200 East Terrace

Adelaide 5000

Postal Address: P.O. Box 7176 Hutt St.

Adelaide 5000

Phone: +61 8 8223 9700

Fax: +61 8 8223 9717