Holiday Article

Date	Name	Type / Location
Wednesday, Jan 1	New Year's Day	National Holiday
Monday, Jan 6	Epiphany	Christian
Tuesday, Jan 7	Orthodox Christmas Day	Orthodox
Tuesday, Jan 14	Orthodox New Year	Orthodox
Saturday, Jan 25	Chinese (Lunar) New Year	Observance
Sunday, Jan 26	Australia Day	National Holiday
Monday, Jan 27	Australia Day observed	National Holiday
Monday, Feb 10	Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)	Jewish Holiday
Monday, Feb 10	Royal Hobart Regatta	State Holiday Tasmania*

Friday, Feb 14	Valentine's Day	Observance
Tuesday, Feb 25	Carnival / Fat Tuesday	Christian
Wednesday, Feb 26	Ash Wednesday	Christian
Monday, Mar 2	Labor Day	Common State Holiday Western australia
Monday, Mar 9	Labor Day	Common State Holiday Victoria
Monday, Mar 9	Eight Hours Day	Common State Holiday Tasmania
Monday, Mar 9	Adelaide Cup	State Holiday South australia
Monday, Mar 9	Canberra Day	State Holiday Australian capital territory
Tuesday, Mar 10	Purim	Jewish Holiday
Tuesday, Mar 17	St. Patrick's Day	Observance
Thursday, Mar 19	National Close the Gap Day	Observance
Friday, Mar 20	March Equinox	Season
Saturday, Mar 21	Harmony Day	Observance
Sunday, Mar 22	Isra and Mi'raj	Muslim
Sunday, Apr 5	Palm Sunday	Christian

Thursday, Apr 9	Maundy Thursday	Christian
Thursday, Apr 9	Passover (First Day)	Jewish Holiday
Friday, Apr 10	Good Friday	National Holiday
Saturday, Apr 11	Holy Saturday	Common State Holiday All except Tas, WA
Sunday, Apr 12	Easter	State Holiday ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic
Monday, Apr 13	Easter Monday	National Holiday
Tuesday, Apr 14	Easter Tuesday	State Holiday Tasmania
Thursday, Apr 16	Passover (Last Day in Diaspora)	Jewish Holiday
Friday, Apr 17	Orthodox Good Friday	Orthodox
Saturday, Apr 18	Orthodox Holy Saturday	Orthodox
Sunday, Apr 19	Orthodox Easter	Orthodox
Monday, Apr 20	Orthodox Easter Monday	Orthodox
Tuesday, Apr 21	Yom HaShoah	Jewish Holiday
Friday, Apr 24	Ramadan begins	Muslim
Friday, Apr 24	Ramadan Start	Muslim
Saturday, Apr 25	ANZAC Day	National Holiday All except wa
Monday, Apr 27	ANZAC Day	National Holiday Western australia
Wednesday, Apr 29	Yom Ha'atzmaut	Jewish Holiday
Monday, May 4	May Day	Common State Holiday Northern territory
Monday, May 4	Labor Day	Common State Holiday Queensland
Sunday, May 10	Mother's Day	Observance
Tuesday, May 12	Lag B'Omer	Jewish Holiday
Tuesday, May 19	Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power)	Muslim
Thursday, May 21	Ascension Day	Christian
Sunday, May 24	Eid-al-Fitr	Muslim
Sunday, May 24	Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan)	Muslim
Tuesday, May 26	National Sorry Day	Observance
Friday, May 29	Shavuot	Jewish Holiday
Sunday, May 31	Pentecost / Whit Sunday	Christian
Monday, Jun 1	Whit Monday	Christian
Monday, Jun 1	Western Australia Day	Common State Holiday Western australia
Monday, Jun 1	Reconciliation Day	State Holiday Australian capital territory
Saturday, Jun 6	Queensland Day	Local Observance
Sunday, Jun 7	Trinity Sunday	Christian
Monday, Jun 8	Queen's Birthday	Common State Holiday All except Qld, WA

Thursday, Jun 11	Corpus Christi	Christian
Saturday, Jun 20	June Solstice	Season
Sunday, Jun 21	June Solstice	Season
Sunday, Jul 5	First Day of NAIDOC Week	Observance
Thursday, Jul 30	Tisha B'Av	Jewish Holiday
Friday, Jul 31	Eid al-Adha	Muslim
Monday, Aug 3	New South Wales Bank Holiday	State Holiday New south wales
Monday, Aug 3	Northern Territory Picnic Day	State Holiday Northern territory
Wednesday, Aug 12	Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland	State Holiday Queensland
Saturday, Aug 15	Assumption of Mary	Christian
Thursday, Aug 20	Muharram / Islamic New Year	Muslim
Sunday, Sep 6	Father's Day	Observance
Saturday, Sep 19	Rosh Hashana	Jewish Holiday
Tuesday, Sep 22	September Equinox	Season
Monday, Sep 28	Yom Kippur	Jewish Holiday
Monday, Sep 28	Queen's Birthday	Common State Holiday Western australia
Monday, Sep 28	Family & Community Day	State Holiday Australian capital territory
Saturday, Oct 3	Sukkot Starts	Jewish Holiday
Sunday, Oct 4	Feast of St Francis of Assisi	Christian
Monday, Oct 5	Queen's Birthday	Common State Holiday Queensland
Monday, Oct 5	Labor Day	Common State Holiday ACT, NSW, SA
Friday, Oct 9	Hoshana Rabbah (Sukkot Ends)	Jewish Holiday
Saturday, Oct 10	Shemini Atzeret	Jewish Holiday
Sunday, Oct 11	Simchat Torah	Jewish Holiday
Thursday, Oct 29	Mawlid / Prophet's Birthday	Muslim
Saturday, Oct 31	Halloween	Observance
Sunday, Nov 1	All Saints' Day	Christian
Monday, Nov 2	All Souls' Day	Christian
Monday, Nov 2	Recreation Day	State Holiday Tasmania*
Tuesday, Nov 3	Melbourne Cup Day	State Holiday Victoria
Wednesday, Nov 11	Remembrance Day	Observance
Saturday, Nov 14	Diwali/Deepavali	Observance
Sunday, Nov 29	First Sunday of Advent	Observance
Tuesday, Dec 8	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	Christian
Friday, Dec 11	Hanukkah Starts	Jewish Holiday
Friday, Dec 18	Hanukkah Ends	Jewish Holiday
Monday, Dec 21	December Solstice	Season
Thursday, Dec 24	Christmas Eve	Observance
Friday, Dec 25	Christmas Day	National Holiday
Saturday, Dec 26	Boxing Day	National Holiday
Sunday, Dec 27	Christmas/Boxing Day Holiday	National Holiday All except sa
Monday, Dec 28	Proclamation Day	State Holiday South australia
Monday, Dec 28	Christmas/Boxing Day Holiday	National Holiday
Thursday, Dec 31	New Year's Eve	Observance