Australia

New Year's Day

New Year's Day is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar used in Australia and many other countries.

Epiphany

Many people in countries such as Australia annually observe Epiphany on January 6.

Orthodox Christmas Day

Many Orthodox Christian churches in countries such as Australia observe Christmas Day on or near January 7 in the Gregorian calendar.

Orthodox New Year

Many Orthodox Christian churches in countries such as Australia celebrate New Year’s Day on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar.

Isra and Mi'raj

Isra and Mi'raj (Isra Me'raj, Israa and Mi'raaj, Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj, Lailat al Miraj, Night Journey and Ascension to Heaven) marks the night when the Prophet Mohammad traveled from Mecca to Jerusalem, ascended to heaven and returned.

Australia Day

Australia Day is the Australian national day. It is celebrated on January 26 each year.

Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)

Tu B’Shevat is known as the “New Year for Trees”, is one of the four Jewish New Years.

Royal Hobart Regatta

The Royal Hobart Regatta is an annual public holiday in southern Tasmania, Australia, on the second Monday in February.

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day, which is annually held on February 14, is one of the most romantic days in the year for many people in countries such as Australia.

Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday is the day before the start of the Lent period for many Christians in Australia.

Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese calendar.

Ramadan Start

Many Muslims in Australia welcome Ramadan as period of fasting, self-evaluation and spiritual growth. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent in for many Christians in Australia.

Lunar New Year Holiday (Day 2)

Lunar New Year Holiday (Day 2) is a state holiday in Australia

Labour Day

Labour Day in Australia celebrates workers’ role in contributing towards the nation’s economy. It is an annual public holiday but its date varies across the states and territories.

Purim

Purim commemorates a time when Jewish people were saved from death around the fourth century BCE, according to the Book of Esther.

Labour Day

Labour Day in Australia celebrates workers’ role in contributing towards the nation’s economy. It is an annual public holiday but its date varies across the states and territories.

Eight Hours Day

Labour Day in Australia celebrates workers’ role in contributing towards the nation’s economy. It is an annual public holiday but its date varies across the states and territories.

Adelaide Cup

Adelaide Cup is a state holiday and a horse racing event in South Australia.

Canberra Day

Canberra Day is a public holiday that celebrates Canberra’s official founding in the Australian Capital Territory.

Lailat al-Qadr

Laylat al-Qadr is most likely to be held on one of the last 10 days of month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar.

St Patrick's Day

St Patrick’s Day is a popular observance in Australia to honor Irish culture and commemorate one of Ireland’s patron saints, St Patrick.

National Close the Gap Day

Eid ul Fitr

Eid al-Fitr, which is on the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan.

Hari Raya Puasa

Eid al-Fitr is a holiday to mark the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan, during which Muslims fast during the hours of daylight.

March Equinox

March Equinox in Australia (Sydney)

Harmony Day

Harmony Day is a national observance that celebrates Australia’s cultural, linguistic and religious diversity on March 21 every year.

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday in Australia celebrates Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem. It is also the Sunday before Easter Sunday.

Maundy Thursday

Many Christians in the Australia celebrate Maundy Thursday on the Thursday before Good Friday.

First day of Passover

Passover is a Jewish observance of the liberation from slavery and the Israelites' exodus from Egypt around 3000 years ago.

Good Friday

Good Friday is two days before Easter Sunday and is a national holiday in Australia.

Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday is the day before Easter Sunday and is a public holiday in some states and the two territories in Australia.

Daylight Saving Time ends

Daylight Saving Time ends in Australia

Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.

Self Determination Day

Self Determination Day is a state holiday in Australia

Easter Monday

Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a nationwide holiday in Australia.

Easter Tuesday

Easter Tuesday is a public holiday in the Australian state of Tasmania.

Last day of Passover

The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.

Orthodox Good Friday

Many Orthodox Christians in Australia remember the events leading up to Jesus Christ's crucifixion on Great Friday.

Orthodox Holy Saturday

Many Orthodox Christians in Australia remember Jesus Christ’s burial and his descent into Hades on Holy Saturday.

Orthodox Easter

Many Orthodox Christians in Australia celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, also known as Pascha.

Orthodox Easter Monday

Many Orthodox churches in Australia observe Easter Monday on the day after the Orthodox Easter Sunday date.

Yom HaShoah

Yom Hashoah remembers the lives and sacrifices of about six million Holocaust victims who died during World War II. This observance is annually held on the 27th day of the month of Nisan.

Yom HaAtzmaut

Many Jewish communities in Australia celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut, which is Israel’s Independence Day, on the fifth day of the month of Iyar in the Jewish calendar.

ANZAC Day

ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during in World War I.

ANZAC Day Observed

ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during in World War I.

ANZAC Day Observed

ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landing of troops from Australia and New Zealand on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during in World War I.

May Day

Labour Day in Australia celebrates workers’ role in contributing towards the nation’s economy. It is an annual public holiday but its date varies across the states and territories.

Labour Day

Labour Day in Australia celebrates workers’ role in contributing towards the nation’s economy. It is an annual public holiday but its date varies across the states and territories.

Lag B'Omer

Many Jewish Australians observe Lag B’Omer on the 18th day of the month of Iyar in the Jewish calendar.

Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is celebrated in Australia on the second Sunday of May each year.

Ascension Day

Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter and commemorates Jesus Christ’s ascension into heaven, according to Christian belief.

Shavuot

Shavuot, also known as the Festival of Weeks, is one of three major Jewish festivals celebrated among many Jewish Australians.

Pentecost

Many Christians in Australia observe Pentecost, also known as Whitsunday or Whit Sunday.

Whit Monday

Whit Monday is a Christian observance also known as Pentecost Monday. It is the day after Pentecost, or Whitsunday.

National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day is an Australia-wide observance that acknowledges the impact of Australia’s Stolen Generations.

Eid al-Adha

Many Muslims in Australia celebrate Eid al- Adha around the 10th to the 13th days of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah.

Hari Raya Haji

Eid al-Adha (Id ul-Adha) is an Islamic festival falling on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja (Thou al-Hijja) to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son.

Trinity Sunday

Many churches in Australia observe Trinity Sunday, a Christian feast that occurs on the first Sunday after Pentecost.

Western Australia Day

Foundation Day is a public holiday in the state of Western Australia to commemorate the founding of the first British colony in the state.

Reconciliation Day

Reconciliation Day is a state holiday in the Australian Capital Territory.

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is a Christian observance that honors the Holy Eucharist.

King's Birthday

The King’s birthday is an annual public holiday in parts of Australia celebrating the official birthday of King Charles III.

Queensland Day

Queenslanders commemorate their state’s birthday on Queensland Day in Australia.

King's Birthday

The King’s birthday is an annual public holiday in parts of Australia celebrating the official birthday of King Charles III.

Muharram/Islamic New Year

The first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar, marks the start of the Islamic New Year.

June Solstice

June Solstice in Australia (Sydney)

Ashura

Ashura is a Muslim in Australia

First Day of NAIDOC Week

First Day of NAIDOC Week is a observance in Australia

Tisha B'Av

Tisha B’Av is on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar.

New South Wales Bank Holiday

The New South Wales Bank Holiday falls on the first Monday of August.

Northern Territory Picnic Day

Picnic Day is a public holiday annually held in Australia’s Northern Territory on the first Monday of August.

Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland

The Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day is usually held in Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia, on the second or third Wednesday in August.

Assumption of Mary

The Feast of the Assumption of Mary is an annual Christian observance in Australia held on August 15. It is considered a Holy Day of Obligation - a day when some Christian denominations are obliged to attend mass.

Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)

Eid Milad ul-Nabi marks the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's birth and death.

Hari Maulad Nabi

Mawlid, or Milad, marks the birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammed, or Mohamed, in the year 570 of the Gregorian calendar.

Fathers' Day

Father’s Day celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make to their children’s lives.

Rosh Hashana

Rosh Hashana, also spelled Rosh Hashanah, is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. The event begins on the first day of Tishrei (or Tishri), which is the seventh month in the Jewish calendar.

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is an important Jewish holiday that falls on the 10th day of the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar.

September Equinox

September Equinox in Australia (Sydney)

Friday before the AFL Grand Final

Friday before the AFL Grand Final is a state holiday in Australia

First day of Sukkot

The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival for Jewish communities in Australia.

King's Birthday

The King’s birthday is an annual public holiday in parts of Australia celebrating the official birthday of King Charles III.

Hoshana Rabbah

Many Jewish communities in Australia observe the last day of Sukkot, which marks the end of the Sukkot festival.

Shemini Atzeret

Shemini Atzeret (or Shmini Atzeret) is a Jewish holiday dedicated to the love of God, while Simchat Torah (Simchas Torah or Simhat Torah) marks the end of Sukkot and celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.

Daylight Saving Time starts

Daylight Saving Time starts in Australia

Feast of St Francis of Assisi

Many churches in Australia celebrate the Feast of St Francis of Assisi to honor St Francis, the patron saint of animals and the environment, on October 4 each year.

Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah (Simchas Torah or Simhat Torah) is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.

Territory Day

Territory Day is a state holiday in Australia

King's Birthday

The King’s birthday is an annual public holiday in parts of Australia celebrating the official birthday of King Charles III.

Labour Day

Labour Day in Australia celebrates workers’ role in contributing towards the nation’s economy. It is an annual public holiday but its date varies across the states and territories.

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a observance in Australia

Royal Hobart Show

Royal Hobart Show is a state holiday in Australia

Halloween

Halloween is a festive occasion that is celebrated in Australian communities on October 31 each year.

All Saints' Day

Many churches in Australia annually observe All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day.

All Souls' Day

All Souls’ Day is observed among some Christians in Australia on November 2 each year.

Recreation Day

Recreation Day is annually celebrated in northern Tasmania, in Australia, on the first Monday of November.

Melbourne Cup Day

Melbourne Cup Day is Australia’s most celebrated horse racing event. It is an annual public holiday in the state of Victoria and is observed nationwide on the first Tuesday of November.

Diwali/Deepavali

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year.

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day in Australia is annually observed on November 11 although it is not a public holiday. This event remembers those who died as a result of war, particularly from World War I onwards.

First Sunday of Advent

Many Christians mark the First Sunday of Advent as the start of the Advent season leading up to Christmas.

First Day of Hanukkah

The first day of Hanukkah is the start of the Hanukkah period, which lasts for 8 days, from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the second day of Tevet in the Hebrew calendar.

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Some Christians, particularly those of Catholic faith, in Australia mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on or around December 8.

Last day of Hanukkah

The last day of Hanukkah marks the end of a festive Jewish occasion, known as Hanukkah or Chanukah.

December Solstice

December Solstice in Australia (Sydney)

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve in Australia is annually celebrated on December 24, which is the day before Christmas Day.

Christmas Day

Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day, which is in the middle of summer in Australia.

Boxing Day

December 26 is the Boxing Day holiday celebrated in Australia.

Boxing Day Observed

December 26 is the Boxing Day holiday celebrated in Australia.

New Year's Eve

Many Australians celebrate New Year’s Eve on December 31 each year, which coincides with the date before New Year’s Day in the Gregorian calendar.