Holiday | Date | Description |
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New Year's Day | 2025-01-01 (Wednesday) | In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars, such as the Gregorian and Julian calendars, begin the year regularly at or near the northern winter solstice. |
Australia Day | 2025-01-27 (Monday) | Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. |
Labour Day | 2025-03-03 (Monday) | Labour Day is an annual day of celebration of the labour movement and its achievements. It has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest. |
Good Friday | 2025-04-18 (Friday) | Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. |
Easter | From: 2025-04-19 (Saturday) To: 2025-04-21 (Monday) | Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead—marking the culmination of Holy Week—and is often observed with church services, festive meals, and traditions like egg hunts and chocolate bunnies. |
Anzac Day | 2025-04-25 (Friday) | Anzac Day is Australia’s and New Zealand’s national day of remembrance held each April 25 to honor the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps—particularly those who served and died at Gallipoli in World War I—and all who have served in conflicts, typically marked by dawn services, marches, and wreath-laying ceremonies. |
Western Australia Day | 2025-06-02 (Monday) | Western Australia Day or simply WA Day is a public holiday in Western Australia, celebrated on the first Monday in June each year, to commemorate the founding of the Swan River Colony in 1829. |
King’s Birthday | 2025-06-29 (Sunday) | In Western Australia, the King's Birthday public holiday is observed on a different date than in other Australian states, primarily to avoid a clash with the state's own holiday, Western Australia Day. |
Christmas Day | 2025-12-25 (Thursday) | Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25th to honor the birth of Jesus Christ and is observed worldwide with religious services, family gatherings, gift exchanges and festive meals. |
Boxing Day | 2025-12-26 (Friday) | Boxing Day, also called as Offering Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide. Boxing Day was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it has evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities, with many people choosing to shop for deals on Boxing Day. |