National Holidays in Australia in 2025

Upcoming Holidays in Australia

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  • South Australia Only. The cup has been held on the second Monday of March since March 2006. Before 2006 it was held in May


  • Easter Sunday is the most important date in the Christian church. In the bible, it is the day when Mary Magdalene found that an empty tomb in the cave in which Jesus had been placed.


  • Marks the anniversary of the first key military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.


  • Mother's Day in Australia was popularised in the 1920s by Mrs Janet Hayden who led a campaign to honour mothers in Sydney's Newington State Hospital.


  • Reconciliation Day is a public holiday celebrated in the Australian Capital Territory region of Australia on the Monday on or after 27 May. It marks the anniversary of the 1967 Australian Referendum.


  • The Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day (Brisbane only) is usually held on the second Wednesday in August except when there are five Wednesdays in August when it is held on the third Wednesday.


  • The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.


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