Important Australian Public Holiday Dates and School Holidays To Plan For When Scheduling Your Australian Events and Activities
These events and dates are listed to help you plan your events and activities with less scheduling conflicts. If you know of any other important events coming up, please leave a reply in the box below the list. Your assistance and contribution are much appreciated!
Australian Public Holidays, School Holidays & Other Important Days – 2016
EVENT | 2016 | URL | STATE/S: |
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New Year’s Day | Fri 1 Jan | http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/2016 | National Holiday |
Tennis – Australian Open | Mon 18 – Sun 31 Jan | http://www.australianopen.comhttp://www.visitvictoria.com/Events/Major-events | Held in Melbourne |
Australia Day | Tue 26 Jan | National Holiday | |
Chinese New Year | Mon 8 Feb | Observance | |
Valentines Day | Sun 14 Feb | Observance | |
Melbourne Food & Wine Festival | Fri 4 – Sun 13 Mar | http://www.visitvictoria.com/Events/Major-events | Melbourne ONLY |
Mardi Gras Festival | Sat 5 Mar | http://www.mardigras.org.au/ | SYD city only |
Labour Day | Mon 7 Mar | WA | |
International Women’s Day | Tue 8 Mar | http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-womens-day | Observance |
Labour Day | Mon 14 Mar | VIC | |
Canberra Day | Mon 14 Mar | Canberra | |
Adelaide Cup Day | Mon 14 Mar | SA | |
8 Hour Day (labour day equiv) | Mon 14 Mar | TAS | |
Commonwealth Day | Mon 14 Mar | http://alldownunder.com/australian-dates/calendar-observances.htm | Observance |
Australian Grand Prix | Thu 17-Sun 20 Mar | http://www.grandprix.com.au/ | Held in MELB |
St Patricks Day | Thu 17 Mar | Observance | |
Good Friday | Fri 25 Mar | National Holiday | |
Easter Monday | Mon 28 Mar | National Holiday | |
Daylight Savings Ends | Sun 3 April | http://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/community-relations/Pages/Daylight%20saving/future-dates.aspx | |
Anzac Day | Mon 25 April | http://publicholidays.com.au/anzac-day/ (no replacement holiday given if it falls on weekend) | National Holiday |
May Day | Mon 2 May | NT | |
Mothers Day | Sun 8 May | Australia-wide (2nd Sunday in May) | |
Football – State of Origin 1 | Wed June 1 |
http://www.nrl.com/origin/http://www.sportsnetholidays.com/events/rugby-league/state-of-origin-dates/ | Held in SYDNEY |
Western Australia Day | Mon 6 Jun | WA | |
Queen’s Birthday | Mon 13 Jun | National Holiday | |
Football – State of Origin 2 | Wed June 22 |
http://www.nrl.com/origin/ | Held in BRISBANE |
Football – State of Origin 3 | Wed July 13 |
http://www.nrl.com/origin/ | Held in SYDNEY |
Bank Holiday (NOT A PUBLIC HOL) | Mon 1 Aug | http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/bank-holiday | NSW & ACT |
Royal Queensland Show Day | Wed 10 Aug | http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/rna-holiday | QLD Brisbane only |
City to Surf | Sun 14 Aug | http://www.city2surf.com.au/ | Sydney – (2nd week)August |
Australian National Flag Day | Sat 3 Sept | http://alldownunder.com/australian-dates/calendar-observances.htm | Observance |
Fathers Day | Sun 4 Sept | Australia-wide (1st Sunday in September) | |
Blackmores Sydney Running Festival | Sun 18 Sept | http://www.sydneymarathon.org/ | Sydney |
Queens Birthday | Mon 26 Sept | WA | |
Daylight Savings Starts | Sun 2 Oct | http://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/community-relations/Pages/Daylight%20saving/future-dates.aspx | |
Labour Day | Mon 3 Oct | NSW/ACT/SA/QLD | |
Halloween | Mon 31 Oct | Observance | |
AFL grand final day | Sat 31Oct (TBC) | http://www.afl.com.au/ | Held in Melb MCG (last Sat in Sept) |
NRL grand final day | Oct (TBC) | http://www.nrl.com/ | Held in Sydney (1st Sun in Oct) |
Melbourne Cup Day | Tue 1 Nov | http://melbournecup.com/ | VIC (Melbourne only) |
Remembrance Day | Fri 11 Nov | Aust, NZ | |
Christmas Day | Sun 25 Dec | National Holiday | |
Boxing Day | Mon 26 Dec | National Holiday | |
Xmas/Boxing Day Holiday | Tue 27 Dec | National Holiday | |
New Years Eve | Sat 31 Dec | Observance |
Australian School Terms – 2016
NSW | ||
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1st Term | Wed 27 Jan | Fri 8 April |
2nd Term | Tue 26 April | Fri 1 July |
3rd Term | Mon 18 July | Fri 23 Sept |
4th Term | Mon 10 Oct | Tue 20 Dec |
VIC | ||
1st Term | Wed 27 Jan | Thur 24 Mar |
2nd Term | Mon 11 April | Fri 24 June |
3rd Term | Mon 11 July | Fri 16 Sept |
4th Term | Mon 3 Oct | Tue 20 Dec |
QLD | ||
1st Term | Wed 27 Jan | Thurs 24 Mar |
2nd Term | Mon 11 April | Fri 24 June |
3rd Term | Mon 11 July | Fri 16 Sept |
4th Term | Tue 4 Oct | Fri 9 Dec |
Hi Marc,
What a great resource. Here are a couple of Melbourne dates that you can add:
1/2 – 31/3/2010 – Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
Labour Day Holiday – MOOMBA Festival and Parade – (many city streets closed)
Mid March – date TBC – Avalon air show – held every two years – next in 2011
Mid March – date TBC – Melbourne Grand Prix
1/4 – 30/4/2010 – Melbourne Comedy Festival
21/09/2009 – Brownlow Medal Night
25/09/2009 – Grand Final Parade (many city streets closed)
26 – 30/12/2009 (held every year) – Boxing Day Test.
Eat well. Eat safe!
Gavin
http://www.australianfoodsafety.com.au
Gavin,
That’s great – thank on behalf of everyone who comes to this page to get up-to-date listing of important Australian events.
T ogether
E veryone
A chieves
M ore!
No info for school holidays in WA, Tasmania or N.T. I don’t have children at school, but school often influence my clinic activities. I am sure others would also find the dates helpful. Even just for someone visiting one of these states wishing to ovoid school hols so that accommodation, etc is easier.
Cheers
If you or anyone else has these dates, I’ll be happy to add them into the calendar – THANKS FOR THE TIP!
Now that Eastergone… the next thing we have to look forward to is Memorial day…Am I right?
Hi to all downunder,
Could you possibly get a list from someone here in the USA so we might be aware of exactly when all our different states may be celebrating their holidays? Just a thought. I’m new to this site, so please forgive me if I ask any dumb questions. Thanks in advance, and I hope to get to know some of you in the near future.
Bud Corwin
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What a great idea – all the holidays in one place — THX for saving me such more time! 🙂
Awesome list of public events. It would be good if you can list school holidays as wel.
This is a very useful resource.
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