Holiday Guide for Australia in 2020

Australia information

Population: 25.69m
Capital: Canberra
Calling Code: (61)
Time Zone: +10 UTC
Currency: Australian dollar
Language: English

List of National Holidays in Australia in 2020

	Wednesday January 1st New Year's Day Australia: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Monday January 27th Long Weekend! Australia Day (in lieu) Australia: As Australia Day falls on a Sunday in 2020, the following Monday is observed as the public holiday.
	Monday February 10th Long Weekend! Royal Hobart Regatta Tasmania: The Royal Hobart Regatta is a series of aquatic competitions and displays held annually in Hobart, Tasmania.
	Monday March 2nd Long Weekend! Labour Day Western Australia: Western Australia. A public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 9th Long Weekend! Canberra Day ACT: Public Holiday in Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The day celebrates the official naming of Canberra in 1913.
	Monday March 9th Long Weekend! Labour Day Tasmania, Victoria: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 9th Long Weekend! Adelaide Cup South Australia: South Australia Only. The cup has been held on the second Monday of March since March 2006. Before 2006 it was held in May
	Friday April 10th Long Weekend! Good Friday Australia: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Saturday April 11th Holy Saturday ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria: Day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week. Commemorates the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb
	Sunday April 12th Easter Sunday ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria: 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.
	Monday April 13th Long Weekend! Easter Monday Australia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Saturday April 25th Anzac Day Australia: Marks the anniversary of the first key military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
	Monday April 27th Long Weekend! Anzac Day (in lieu) ACT, Western Australia: Marks the anniversary of the first key military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
	Monday May 4th Long Weekend! Labour Day Northern Territory, Queensland: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday June 1st Long Weekend! Western Australia Day Western Australia: Commemorates the day that the first European settlers arrived in Western Australia to found the Swan River Colony on June 1st 1829
	Monday June 1st Long Weekend! Reconciliation Day ACT: Marks the anniversary of the 1967 referendum which changed the constitution
	Monday June 8th Long Weekend! Queen's Birthday ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria: This holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of the sovereign of Australia.
	Monday August 3rd Long Weekend! Picnic Day Northern Territory: Originally declared a public holiday to enable Darwin's railway workers to go to Adelaide River for a picnic.
	Friday August 14th Long Weekend! Ekka People's Day Queensland: 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.
	Monday September 28th Long Weekend! Queen's Birthday Western Australia: The Queens Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
	Monday October 5th Long Weekend! Labour Day ACT, New South Wales, South Australia: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday October 5th Long Weekend! Queen's Birthday Queensland: This holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of the sovereign of Australia.
	Friday October 23rd Long Weekend! Thank You Day Victoria: Victoria. Since 2015, the day before the AFL Grand Final has been declared a public holiday
	Monday November 2nd Long Weekend! Recreation Day Tasmania: All parts of Tasmania which do not observe Royal Hobart Regatta.
	Tuesday November 3rd Melbourne Cup Day Victoria: Known as 'the race that stops a nation', the Melbourne Cup is the most prestigious horse race in Australia
	Thursday December 24th Christmas Eve Queensland: A public holiday in Queensland between the hours of 6pm and midnight
	Thursday December 24th Christmas Eve Northern Territory: A public holiday in Northern Territory between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Thursday December 24th Christmas Eve South Australia: A public holiday in South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Friday December 25th Long Weekend! Christmas Day Australia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Saturday December 26th Boxing Day ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
	Monday December 28th Long Weekend! Boxing Day (in lieu) ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
	Monday December 28th Long Weekend! Proclamation Day South Australia: Celebrates the establishment of government in South Australia as a British province on 28 December 1836
	Thursday December 31st New Year's Eve Northern Territory: A public holiday in Northern Territory between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Thursday December 31st New Year's Eve South Australia: A public holiday in South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight