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I'm doing my Masters at present, in Astronomy, at JCU. Similar sort of program to Swinburne. Neither program is exceptionally maths heavy, but you do need to know it at tertiary level in order to do the work that does require it. Make sure you have adequate algebra and calculus skills. I try and brush up whenever I can....I'm no maths genius, either, but I get by alright. You'll find you can't remember all the equations anyway, so what I do is have a handy reference of the equations ready when I need them. Actually, just to give you an idea of what sort of maths you're most likely going to encounter, I can send you some of my tutorials. Much of your work will be how well you can assimilate the theoretical and observational side of astronomy and then apply the maths thats needed. If you already have a solid grounding in astronomy, you'll find it quite manageable.
If you can get yourself up to scratch in a few months and can handle the maths well enough, I'd suggest that you might apply to do the Masters starting next year. Don't put it off too long, otherwise life might get in the way and you never end up doing it!!!. You should be able to get funding via the RTS (Research Training Scheme) and FEEHelp....that's very good, as you have up to $100000 to use for your degree(s) and that'll come in handy if you decide to go onto a PhD afterwards.
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