Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Australia for 2025 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 | Wednesday | New Year's Day | |
January 26th | Sunday | Australia Day | |
January 27th | Monday | Australia Day Holiday | Long weekend. |
February 10th | Monday | Royal Hobart Regatta | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
February 14th | Friday | Valentine's Day | Long weekend. |
March 3rd | Monday | Labor Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
March 10th | Monday | Canberra Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
March 10th | Monday | Labor Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
March 10th | Monday | Adelaide Cup | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
March 10th | Monday | Eight Hours Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
March 17th | Monday | Saint Patrick's Day | Long weekend. |
March 20th | Thursday | National Close the Gap Day | |
March 20th | Thursday | March Equinox | |
March 21st | Friday | Harmony Day | Long weekend. |
April 18th | Friday | Good Friday | Long weekend. |
April 19th | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Only in certain areas. |
April 20th | Sunday | Easter | Only in certain areas. |
April 21st | Monday | Easter Monday | Long weekend. |
April 22nd | Tuesday | Easter Tuesday | Only in certain areas. |
April 25th | Friday | ANZAC Day | Long weekend. |
May 5th | Monday | Labor Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
May 5th | Monday | May Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
May 11th | Sunday | Mother's Day | |
June 2nd | Monday | Reconciliation Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
June 2nd | Monday | Western Australia Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
June 9th | Monday | Volunteer's Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
June 9th | Monday | King's Birthday | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
June 21st | Saturday | June Solstice | |
June 27th | Friday | Borroloola Show Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
July 4th | Friday | Alice Springs Show Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
July 11th | Friday | Tennant Creek Show Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
July 18th | Friday | Katherine Show Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
July 25th | Friday | Darwin Show Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
August 4th | Monday | Bank Holiday | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
August 4th | Monday | Picnic Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
August 13th | Wednesday | Royal National Agricultural Show Day | Only in certain areas. |
September 7th | Sunday | Father's Day | |
September 22nd | Monday | September Equinox | Long weekend. |
September 26th | Friday | Friday before AFL Grand Final | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
September 27th | Saturday | AFL Grand Final | Only in certain areas. |
September 29th | Monday | King's Birthday | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
October 6th | Monday | King's Birthday | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
October 6th | Monday | Labor Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
November 3rd | Monday | Recreation Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
November 4th | Tuesday | Melbourne Cup | Only in certain areas. |
December 21st | Sunday | December Solstice | |
December 24th | Wednesday | Christmas Eve | Only in certain areas. |
December 25th | Thursday | Christmas Day | |
December 26th | Friday | Boxing Day | Long weekend. |
December 26th | Friday | Proclamation Day | Only in certain areas. Long weekend. |
December 31st | Wednesday | New Year's Eve | Only in certain areas. |