Stan, after we spoke during the week I asked the eBay seller for a Fedex shipping quote on a single screen without glass... $720 USD due to the size of the carton. Yikes.
He mentioned the other option where he ships to a forwarding company for $39 USD who then organise the shipping to Melbourne.
http://myus2.myus.com/Rates.aspx
The carton is 60x10x25 (inches) and weighs 45 pounds. If you click on "dimensional weight" and plug in the numbers, it's 50 pounds by that method.
So the cost is $39 (forwarding) + $276 (freight) + $27 (one month premium subscription) + $460 (screen) = $802 USD.
Not a bad price and it would take about a week to arrive. I've emailed the eBay seller to see how many screens can fit in that carton.
I'm pretty keen to keep it under the magic $1000 value to be honest, so multiple screens may not be feasible.