Holiday Guide for Australia in 2022

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 2022

	Saturday 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 3rd Long Weekend! New Year's Day (in lieu) Australia: As New Year's Day falls on a Saturday, the following Monday is an additional public holiday.
	Wednesday 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 14th 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 7th Long Weekend! Labour Day Western Australia: Western Australia. A public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 14th Long Weekend! Canberra Day ACT: Public Holiday in Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The day celebrates the official naming of Canberra in 1913.
	Monday March 14th Long Weekend! Labour Day Tasmania, Victoria: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 14th 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 15th Long Weekend! Good Friday Australia: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Saturday April 16th Easter 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 17th Easter Sunday ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia: 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 18th Long Weekend! Easter Monday Australia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Monday April 25th Long Weekend! 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 May 2nd Long Weekend! Labour Day Northern Territory, Queensland: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday May 30th Long Weekend! Reconciliation Day ACT: Marks the anniversary of the 1967 referendum which changed the constitution
	Monday June 6th 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 13th 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 1st 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.
	Wednesday August 10th 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.
	Thursday September 22nd National Day of Mourning Australia: A National Public Holiday to mourn the death of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.
	Friday September 23rd Long Weekend! Grand Final Eve Victoria: Victoria. Since 2015, the day before the AFL Grand Final has been declared a public holiday
	Monday September 26th Long Weekend! King's Birthday Western Australia: The King's Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of King Charles III.
	Monday October 3rd 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 3rd Long Weekend! Queen's Birthday Queensland: This holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of the sovereign of Australia.
	Tuesday November 1st Melbourne Cup Day Victoria: Known as 'the race that stops a nation', the Melbourne Cup is the most prestigious horse race in Australia
	Monday November 7th Long Weekend! Recreation Day Tasmania: All parts of Tasmania which do not observe Royal Hobart Regatta.
	Saturday December 24th Christmas Eve Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia: A public holiday in Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia, only in the evening.
	Sunday December 25th Christmas Day Australia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Monday December 26th Long Weekend! Boxing Day 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 26th Long Weekend! Proclamation Day South Australia: Celebrates the establishment of government in South Australia as a British province on 28 December 1836
	Tuesday December 27th Christmas Day (in lieu) Australia: As Christmas Day falls on a Sunday in 2022, the following Tuesday will be a public holiday.
	Saturday December 31st New Year's Eve Northern Territory, South Australia: New Year's Eve is a public holiday in Northen Territory and South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight.