Australia has a total of 101 holidays in 2010. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information display below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.

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Holiday Date Details
New Year's Day
Friday, January 1, 2010 New Year's Day is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar used in Australia and many other countries.
Epiphany
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Many people in countries such as Australia annually observe Epiphany on January 6.
Orthodox Christmas Day
Thursday, January 7, 2010 Many Orthodox Christian churches in countries such as Australia observe Christmas Day on or near January 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
Orthodox New Year
Thursday, January 14, 2010 Many Orthodox Christian churches in countries such as Australia celebrate New Year’s Day on January 14 in the Gregorian calendar.
Australia Day
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Australia Day is the Australian national day. It is celebrated on January 26 each year.
Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day)
Saturday, January 30, 2010 Tu B’Shevat is known as the “New Year for Trees”, is one of the four Jewish New Years.
Royal Hobart Regatta
Monday, February 8, 2010 The Royal Hobart Regatta is an annual public holiday in southern Tasmania, Australia, on the second Monday in February.
Valentine's Day
Sunday, February 14, 2010 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.
Lunar New Year
Sunday, February 14, 2010 Lunar New Year marks the first day of the New Year in the Chinese calendar.
Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Shrove Tuesday is the day before the start of the Lent period for many Christians in Australia.
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent in for many Christians in Australia.
Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)
Friday, February 26, 2010 Eid Milad ul-Nabi marks the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's birth and death.
Hari Maulad Nabi
Friday, February 26, 2010 Mawlid, or Milad, marks the birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammed, or Mohamed, in the year 570 of the Gregorian calendar.
Purim
Sunday, February 28, 2010 Purim commemorates a time when Jewish people were saved from death around the fourth century BCE, according to the Book of Esther.
Labour Day
Monday, March 1, 2010 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
Monday, March 8, 2010 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
Monday, March 8, 2010 Adelaide Cup is a state holiday and a horse racing event in South Australia.
Canberra Day
Monday, March 8, 2010 Canberra Day is a public holiday that celebrates Canberra’s official founding in the Australian Capital Territory.
St Patrick's Day
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 St Patrick’s Day is a popular observance in Australia to honor Irish culture and commemorate one of Ireland’s patron saints, St Patrick.
March Equinox
Saturday, March 20, 2010 March Equinox in Australia (Sydney)
Harmony Day
Sunday, March 21, 2010 Harmony Day is a national observance that celebrates Australia’s cultural, linguistic and religious diversity on March 21 every year.
Palm Sunday
Sunday, March 28, 2010 Palm Sunday in Australia celebrates Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem. It is also the Sunday before Easter Sunday.
First day of Passover
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Passover is a Jewish observance of the liberation from slavery and the Israelites' exodus from Egypt around 3000 years ago.
Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 1, 2010 Many Christians in the Australia celebrate Maundy Thursday on the Thursday before Good Friday.
Orthodox Good Friday
Friday, April 2, 2010 Many Orthodox Christians in Australia remember the events leading up to Jesus Christ's crucifixion on Great Friday.
Good Friday
Friday, April 2, 2010 Good Friday is two days before Easter Sunday and is a national holiday in Australia.
Orthodox Holy Saturday
Saturday, April 3, 2010 Many Orthodox Christians in Australia remember Jesus Christ’s burial and his descent into Hades on Holy Saturday.
Holy Saturday
Saturday, April 3, 2010 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
Saturday, April 3, 2010 Daylight Saving Time ends in Australia
Orthodox Easter
Sunday, April 4, 2010 Many Orthodox Christians in Australia celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, also known as Pascha.
Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 4, 2010 On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
Orthodox Easter Monday
Monday, April 5, 2010 Many Orthodox churches in Australia observe Easter Monday on the day after the Orthodox Easter Sunday date.
Easter Monday
Monday, April 5, 2010 Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a nationwide holiday in Australia.
Last day of Passover
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 The last day of Passover marks the end of the Passover period, which lasts for seven or eight days.
Self Determination Day
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Self Determination Day is a state holiday in Australia
Easter Tuesday
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Easter Tuesday is a public holiday in the Australian state of Tasmania.
Yom HaShoah
Monday, April 12, 2010 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
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 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
Sunday, April 25, 2010 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
Monday, April 26, 2010 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.
Lag B'Omer
Sunday, May 2, 2010 Many Jewish Australians observe Lag B’Omer on the 18th day of the month of Iyar in the Jewish calendar.
May Day
Monday, May 3, 2010 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
Monday, May 3, 2010 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.
Mother's Day
Sunday, May 9, 2010 Mother’s Day is celebrated in Australia on the second Sunday of May each year.
Ascension Day
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Ascension Day is the 40th day of Easter and commemorates Jesus Christ’s ascension into heaven, according to Christian belief.
Shavuot
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Shavuot, also known as the Festival of Weeks, is one of three major Jewish festivals celebrated among many Jewish Australians.
Pentecost
Sunday, May 23, 2010 Many Christians in Australia observe Pentecost, also known as Whitsunday or Whit Sunday.
Whit Monday
Monday, May 24, 2010 Whit Monday is a Christian observance also known as Pentecost Monday. It is the day after Pentecost, or Whitsunday.
National Sorry Day
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 National Sorry Day is an Australia-wide observance that acknowledges the impact of Australia’s Stolen Generations.
Trinity Sunday
Sunday, May 30, 2010 Many churches in Australia observe Trinity Sunday, a Christian feast that occurs on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
Corpus Christi
Thursday, June 3, 2010 Corpus Christi is a Christian observance that honors the Holy Eucharist.
Queensland Day
Sunday, June 6, 2010 Queenslanders commemorate their state’s birthday on Queensland Day in Australia.
Foundation Day
Monday, June 7, 2010 Foundation Day is a public holiday in the state of Western Australia to commemorate the founding of the first British colony in the state.
Queen's Birthday
Monday, June 14, 2010 Until 2022, when Queen Elizabeth II passed away, Australians celebrated the Queen's Birthday each year.
June Solstice
Monday, June 21, 2010 June Solstice in Australia (Sydney)
First Day of NAIDOC Week
Sunday, July 4, 2010 First Day of NAIDOC Week is a observance in Australia
Isra and Mi'raj
Friday, July 9, 2010 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.
Tisha B'Av
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Tisha B’Av is on the ninth day of the month of Av in the Jewish calendar.
New South Wales Bank Holiday
Monday, August 2, 2010 The New South Wales Bank Holiday falls on the first Monday of August.
Northern Territory Picnic Day
Monday, August 2, 2010 Picnic Day is a public holiday annually held in Australia’s Northern Territory on the first Monday of August.
Ramadan Start
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Many Muslims in Australia welcome Ramadan as period of fasting, self-evaluation and spiritual growth. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.
Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 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
Sunday, August 15, 2010 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.
Lailat al-Qadr
Sunday, September 5, 2010 Laylat al-Qadr is most likely to be held on one of the last 10 days of month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar.
Fathers' Day
Sunday, September 5, 2010 Father’s Day celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make to their children’s lives.
Rosh Hashana
Thursday, September 9, 2010 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.
Eid ul Fitr
Friday, September 10, 2010 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
Friday, September 10, 2010 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.
Yom Kippur
Saturday, September 18, 2010 Yom Kippur is an important Jewish holiday that falls on the 10th day of the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar.
First day of Sukkot
Thursday, September 23, 2010 The first day of Sukkot marks the start of the Sukkot festival for Jewish communities in Australia.
September Equinox
Thursday, September 23, 2010 September Equinox in Australia (Sydney)
Queen's Birthday
Monday, September 27, 2010 Until 2022, when Queen Elizabeth II passed away, Australians celebrated the Queen's Birthday each year.
Family & Community Day
Monday, September 27, 2010 Family and Community Day is a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in Australia on the first Monday of September/October school holidays.
Hoshana Rabbah
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Many Jewish communities in Australia observe the last day of Sukkot, which marks the end of the Sukkot festival.
Shemini Atzeret
Thursday, September 30, 2010 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.
Simchat Torah
Friday, October 1, 2010 Simchat Torah (Simchas Torah or Simhat Torah) is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the completion of the annual reading of the Torah.
Daylight Saving Time starts
Saturday, October 2, 2010 Daylight Saving Time starts in Australia
Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Monday, October 4, 2010 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.
Territory Day
Monday, October 4, 2010 Territory Day is a state holiday in Australia
Labour Day
Monday, October 4, 2010 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.
Royal Hobart Show
Thursday, October 21, 2010 Royal Hobart Show is a state holiday in Australia
Halloween
Sunday, October 31, 2010 Halloween is a festive occasion that is celebrated in Australian communities on October 31 each year.
All Saints' Day
Monday, November 1, 2010 Many churches in Australia annually observe All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day.
Recreation Day
Monday, November 1, 2010 Recreation Day is annually celebrated in northern Tasmania, in Australia, on the first Monday of November.
All Souls' Day
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 All Souls’ Day is observed among some Christians in Australia on November 2 each year.
Melbourne Cup Day
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 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
Friday, November 5, 2010 Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, marks the beginning of the Hindu New Year.
Remembrance Day
Thursday, November 11, 2010 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.
Eid al-Adha
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Many Muslims in Australia celebrate Eid al- Adha around the 10th to the 13th days of the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
First Sunday of Advent
Sunday, November 28, 2010 Many Christians mark the First Sunday of Advent as the start of the Advent season leading up to Christmas.
First Day of Hanukkah
Thursday, December 2, 2010 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
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 Some Christians, particularly those of Catholic faith, in Australia mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on or around December 8.
Muharram/Islamic New Year
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 The first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar, marks the start of the Islamic New Year.
Last day of Hanukkah
Thursday, December 9, 2010 The last day of Hanukkah marks the end of a festive Jewish occasion, known as Hanukkah or Chanukah.
Ashura
Friday, December 17, 2010 Ashura is a Muslim in Australia
December Solstice
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 December Solstice in Australia (Sydney)
Christmas Eve
Friday, December 24, 2010 Christmas Eve in Australia is annually celebrated on December 24, which is the day before Christmas Day.
Christmas Day
Saturday, December 25, 2010 Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day, which is in the middle of summer in Australia.
Boxing Day
Sunday, December 26, 2010 December 26 is the Boxing Day holiday celebrated in Australia.
Proclamation Day
Monday, December 27, 2010 Proclamation Day is a state holiday in Australia
New Year's Eve
Friday, December 31, 2010 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.
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