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Before deciding on a Kindle, look at what titles are available to you in Australia. The Kindle Store's geographical restrictions make most of their selection unavailable to me in Germany without work arounds. It can be done, but involves a US credit card and a VPN that will give you a US IP.
Also be aware that while Calibre will convert ePubs into Mobi, that only works for files without DRM. Since most of the books sold these days have DRM embedded in them, you would have to either strip the DRM first or accept that the ePubs that you purchase won't work on a Kindle. Of course, that also works in reverse. Calibre will convert Mobi to ePub, but only after you remove the DRM.
Astak will ship readers to Australia and honor warranties on those readers if there are problems. There are several Australians active on the Astak forum who could give you more information. I believe that Dulin's Books will ship their readers (PocketBooks and Booxs) internationally, but don't now any of the details. I really like my Astak PP, but the PocketBook and Boox 60 also have a loyal following.
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