Interview in Sydney, Australia & Proof of Reestablishing Domicile

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I'm a US citizen married to an Irish citizen. I moved over to Ireland in October 2007 after we got married. When I moved to Ireland, I was given a 1 year visa to live there (it would be changed to permanent after that one year). After 6 months of marriage, my husband's job brought us to Australia, where we have been for the past 20 months now (on temporary Australian work visas). Since we have been in Australia, my Irish visa has lapsed and I haven't renewed it because we're planning to move to the US soon.

After reading some of people's stories on these forums, it seems that the proof of reestablishing domicile required seems to vary quite a bit from country to country. Does anyone have experience with the office in Sydney, Australia? I don't have an interview date scheduled yet (or even my I-130 filed - that's scheduled for 17 December), but I am trying to get as much together as soon as possible.

I am planning to have the following prepared for my husband's interview:

-My current California drivers license (renewed earlier this year) - has my US mailing address on it (Mom's house)

-Current CA voter registration

-Current US bank account (kept open ever since I moved abroad)

-Proof of filing US taxes while abroad

Will this be enough for the Sydney office? (It seems this amount of info would just be laughed out of some places)

I was also considering setting up a lease agreement with either a friend or family member in the US.

My husband will be relocating with the company he currently works for to the US, but I'm not sure this can be included in the domicile stuff?

Also, possibly a stupid question here - is the evidence compiled with the DS-2001 mailed in with the DS-2001, or is it kept to be brought to the interview? I'm a bit confused over this because it looks like from reading other posts that people bring things in, but when reading info on the US Melbourne Consulate, it sounds like that stuff is all mailed in?

Thanks in advance for any help! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed trying to scramble to get everything organized.