Holiday Guide for Australia in 2021

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 2021

	Friday January 1st Long Weekend! 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
	Tuesday January 26th Australia Day Australia: On January 26th 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip became the first Governor of the colony of New South Wales
	Monday February 8th 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 1st Long Weekend! Labour Day Western Australia: Western Australia. A public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 8th Long Weekend! Canberra Day ACT: Public Holiday in Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The day celebrates the official naming of Canberra in 1913.
	Monday March 8th Long Weekend! Labour Day Tasmania, Victoria: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 8th 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 2nd Long Weekend! Good Friday Australia: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Saturday April 3rd 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 4th 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 5th Long Weekend! Easter Monday Australia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Sunday 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 26th Long Weekend! Anzac Day (in lieu) Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia: Marks the anniversary of the first key military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
	Monday April 26th Long Weekend! Anzac Day (in lieu) ACT: Public holiday for ANZAC Day which falls on Sunday 25 April 2021
	Monday May 3rd Long Weekend! Labour Day Northern Territory, Queensland: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday May 31st Long Weekend! Reconciliation Day ACT: 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.
	Monday June 7th 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 14th 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 2nd 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 September 24th Long Weekend! Grand Final Eve Victoria: Victoria. Since 2015, the day before the AFL Grand Final has been declared a public holiday
	Monday September 27th Long Weekend! Queen's Birthday Western Australia: The Queens Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
	Monday October 4th 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 4th Long Weekend! Queen's Birthday Queensland: This holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of the sovereign of Australia.
	Friday October 29th 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 November 1st Long Weekend! Recreation Day Tasmania: All parts of Tasmania which do not observe Royal Hobart Regatta.
	Tuesday November 2nd Melbourne Cup Day Victoria: Known as 'the race that stops a nation', the Melbourne Cup is the most prestigious horse race in Australia
	Friday December 24th Long Weekend! Christmas Eve Queensland: A public holiday in Queensland between the hours of 6pm and midnight
	Friday December 24th Long Weekend! Christmas Eve Northern Territory: A public holiday in Northern Territory between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Friday December 24th Long Weekend! Christmas Eve South Australia: A public holiday in South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Saturday December 25th Christmas Day Australia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Sunday 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 27th Long Weekend! Christmas Day (in lieu) Australia: As Christmas Day falls on a Saturday in 2021, Monday 27 December 2021 will be an additional public holiday
	Tuesday December 28th 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.
	Tuesday December 28th Proclamation Day South Australia: Celebrates the establishment of government in South Australia as a British province on 28 December 1836
	Friday December 31st Long Weekend! New Year's Eve Northern Territory: A public holiday in Northern Territory between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Friday December 31st Long Weekend! New Year's Eve South Australia: A public holiday in South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight