Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Victoria, Australia for 2022 ready to be integrated into your application.
For nearly 65,000 years, Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, lived on the Australian continent. Although Australia is the oldest, flattest and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils, Australia is a megadiverse country with various landscapes ranging from deserts, tropical rainforests and mountain ranges. In the early 17th century, Dutch explorers began to explore this region. In 1770, Great Britain claimed the eastern half of Australia, using it as a penal colony for convicted criminal relocation. Circa the 1850’s, Australia experienced a gold rush, leading to further exploration of this land. On January 1, 1901, Australia officially became known as the Commonwealth of Australia, consisting of the continent of Australia, the island of Tasmania and the surrounding smaller islands. This sovereign country is the 6th largest country by total land area.
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Date | Weekday | Name | Notes |
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January 1st | Saturday | New Year's Day | |
January 3rd | Monday | New Year's Day Holiday | Long weekend. |
January 26th | Wednesday | Australia Day | |
February 14th | Monday | Valentine's Day | Long weekend. |
March 14th | Monday | Labor Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
March 17th | Thursday | Saint Patrick's Day | |
March 17th | Thursday | National Close the Gap Day | |
March 20th | Sunday | March Equinox | |
March 21st | Monday | Harmony Day | Long weekend. |
April 15th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 16th | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Only in certain areas. |
April 17th | Sunday | Easter | Only in certain areas. |
April 18th | Monday | Easter Monday | Long weekend. |
April 25th | Monday | ANZAC Day | Long weekend. |
May 8th | Sunday | Mother's Day | |
June 13th | Monday | Queen's Birthday | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
June 21st | Tuesday | June Solstice | |
September 4th | Sunday | Father's Day | |
September 22nd | Thursday | National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty The Queen | |
September 23rd | Friday | Friday before AFL Grand Final | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
September 23rd | Friday | September Equinox | Long weekend. |
September 24th | Saturday | AFL Grand Final | Only in certain areas. |
November 1st | Tuesday | Melbourne Cup | Only in certain areas. |
December 21st | Wednesday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Only in certain areas. |
December 25th | Sunday | Christmas Day | |
December 26th | Monday | Boxing Day | Long weekend. |
December 27th | Tuesday | Christmas Holiday |