Integrated google search bar (awesome bar)

My question is about the integrated google search bar I want to change it from .com to .com.au as I live in australia and american google isn't as relevant to me.

Similar to mbrubecks reply but that didn't work for me and this did:
1 Type "about:config" in the location bar and press enter/go.
2 Search for the "keyword.URL" preference.
3 Right click and select modify and enter the value:
COPY: http://www.google.com.au/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= to
Copy the above link from http to and including = to Because there is a space in the link and this site automatically hyperlinks things it displays weirdly but copy the whole thing with the space.
Just entering www.google.com.au does not work and the value was blank to begin with so you can't just change .com to .com.au

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