Holiday Guide for Australia in 2024

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 2024

	Monday 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
	Friday January 26th Long Weekend! Australia Day Australia: On January 26th 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip became the first Governor of the colony of New South Wales
	Monday February 12th 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 4th Long Weekend! Labour Day Western Australia: Western Australia. A public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday March 11th Long Weekend! Canberra Day ACT: Public Holiday in Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The day celebrates the official naming of Canberra in 1913.
	Monday March 11th 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
	Monday March 11th Long Weekend! Labour Day Tasmania, Victoria: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Friday March 29th Long Weekend! Good Friday Australia: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Saturday March 30th 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 March 31st Easter Sunday ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, 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 1st Long Weekend! Easter Monday Australia: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Thursday 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 May 6th Long Weekend! Labour Day Northern Territory, Queensland: Labour Day is a public holiday in Australia that was originally called Eight Hours Day
	Monday May 27th 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 3rd 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 10th Long Weekend! King's Birthday ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria: The King's Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of King Charles III.
	Monday August 5th 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 14th 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 23rd Long Weekend! King's Birthday Western Australia: The King's Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of King Charles III.
	Friday September 27th Long Weekend! Grand Final Eve Victoria: Victoria. Since 2015, the day before the AFL Grand Final has been declared a public holiday
	Monday October 7th 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 7th Long Weekend! King's Birthday Queensland: The King's Birthday holiday is a moveable feast celebrating the birthday of King Charles III.
	Monday November 4th Long Weekend! Recreation Day Tasmania: All parts of Tasmania which do not observe Royal Hobart Regatta.
	Tuesday November 5th Melbourne Cup Day Victoria: Known as 'the race that stops a nation', the Melbourne Cup is the most prestigious horse race in Australia
	Tuesday December 24th Christmas Eve South Australia: A public holiday in South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Tuesday December 24th Christmas Eve Northern Territory: A public holiday in Northern Territory between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Tuesday December 24th Christmas Eve Queensland: A public holiday in Queensland between the hours of 6pm and midnight
	Wednesday December 25th Christmas Day Australia: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Thursday December 26th 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.
	Thursday December 26th Proclamation Day South Australia: Celebrates the establishment of government in South Australia as a British province on 28 December 1836
	Tuesday December 31st New Year's Eve South Australia: A public holiday in South Australia between the hours of 7pm and midnight
	Tuesday December 31st New Year's Eve Northern Territory: A public holiday in Northern Territory between the hours of 7pm and midnight