I would suggest unless it is an extremely unusual peice of equipment or has sentimental value you should simply leave it in Australia and buy an equivilant in the USA.
It's a good opportunity to update your kitchen appliances anyway and if you're selling a home in Oz you'll possibly get an extra bit for leaving all of the appliances in place.
Kitchen appliances / laundry appliances:
Forget it. Bulky, problematic and not all that expensive to replace.
TV:
Don't bother... technical differences are way too complex to overcome at a reasonable cost. PAL vs NTSC, different channel plans, different voltage/frequency etc etc
Small appliances (supplied with DC plug wallwart)
Bring with you - buy new wallwarts.
Telephones, modems, dsl modems, routers etc
Bring, they'll usually work ok.
Computer equipment:
Works anywhere.
Other small appliances:
Hairdryers, etc etc
replace them with local equivilants. Easier and safer option.
I would recomend the same for anyone moving from US/Can to EU/Aus too.
For anyone considering moving within the EU or Aus/NZ and much of the rest of the world which uses 220-230V 50Hz.
Bring everything it'll more than likely work fine with a simple change of plug.
TVs : in general not a problem as most people watch via a set top box anyway. It's increasingly rare to watch direct off air. Set to RGB, plug in a scart cable.. and off ya go! Worst case scenario, buy a local VCR and it'll tune the channels for you and feed them in over scart or other RGB cables.
[This message has been edited by djk (edited 02-19-2006).]
