2 years and you have 1,500 hours? You must be kidding. There's such a thing called flight and duty times. Not sure about the limit for US but in general, ICAO countries have about 1,000 hours per year and not forgetting that you'll be spending the better part of at least 1 year getting your license.
Pray tell me, how is it possible to get 1,200 hours within a year? Maybe there's something I missed when I was getting my own license. Sorry, don't mean to pick you apart but maybe there's something I missed so am curious, that's all.
In Australia, to get 250 hours with a FIR will take you about one year with IR, of course. And as raised before, getting a
PR so that you can work in Australia is an issue, so advise anybody who's looking to work in Aussie to check it out first before considering. Worst case, obtain a CASA license but can't work in Aussie.