2020 Public holidays and long weekends
| Holidays and observances name | Date | Day | Type |
|---|
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2020 | Wednesday | National Holiday |
| Epiphany | January 6, 2020 | Monday | Christian |
| Orthodox Christmas Day | January 7, 2020 | Tuesday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox New Year | January 14, 2020 | Tuesday | Orthodox |
| Chinese New Year | January 25, 2020 | Saturday | Observance |
| Australia Day | January 26, 2020 | Sunday | National Holiday |
| Australia Day observed | January 27, 2020 | Monday | National Holiday |
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| Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | February 10, 2020 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Royal Hobart Regatta | February 10, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Valentine's Day | February 14, 2020 | Friday | Observance |
| Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | February 25, 2020 | Tuesday | Christian |
| Ash Wednesday | February 26, 2020 | Wednesday | Christian |
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| Labour Day | March 2, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | March 9, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Eight Hours Day | March 9, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Adelaide Cup | March 9, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Canberra Day | March 9, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Purim | March 10, 2020 | Tuesday | Jewish holiday |
| St Patrick's Day | March 17, 2020 | Tuesday | Observance |
| National Close the Gap Day | March 19, 2020 | Thursday | Observance |
| March Equinox | March 20, 2020 | Friday | Season |
| Harmony Day | March 21, 2020 | Saturday | Observance |
| Isra and Mi'raj | March 22, 2020 | Sunday | Muslim |
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| Daylight Saving Time ends | April 5, 2020 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
| Palm Sunday | April 5, 2020 | Sunday | Christian |
| Maundy Thursday | April 9, 2020 | Thursday | Christian |
| First day of Passover | April 9, 2020 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| Good Friday | April 10, 2020 | Friday | National Holiday |
| Holy Saturday | April 11, 2020 | Saturday | Common State holiday |
| Easter Sunday | April 12, 2020 | Sunday | State Holiday |
| Easter Sunday | April 12, 2020 | Sunday | Observance |
| Easter Monday | April 13, 2020 | Monday | National Holiday |
| Easter Tuesday | April 14, 2020 | Tuesday | State Holiday |
| Last day of Passover | April 16, 2020 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| Orthodox Good Friday | April 17, 2020 | Friday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Holy Saturday | April 18, 2020 | Saturday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Easter | April 19, 2020 | Sunday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | April 20, 2020 | Monday | Orthodox |
| Yom HaShoah | April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | Jewish commemoration |
| Ramadan Start | April 24, 2020 | Friday | Muslim |
| Yom HaAtzmaut | April 29, 2020 | Wednesday | Jewish holiday |
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| May Day | May 4, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | May 4, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Mother's Day | May 10, 2020 | Sunday | Observance |
| Lag B'Omer | May 12, 2020 | Tuesday | Jewish holiday |
| Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | May 19, 2020 | Tuesday | Muslim |
| Ascension Day | May 21, 2020 | Thursday | Christian |
| Eid ul Fitr | May 24, 2020 | Sunday | Muslim |
| National Sorry Day | May 26, 2020 | Tuesday | Observance |
| Shavuot | May 29, 2020 | Friday | Jewish holiday |
| Pentecost | May 31, 2020 | Sunday | Christian |
| | | |
| Whit Monday | June 1, 2020 | Monday | Christian |
| Western Australia Day | June 1, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Reconciliation Day | June 1, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Queensland Day | June 6, 2020 | Saturday | Local observance |
| Trinity Sunday | June 7, 2020 | Sunday | Christian |
| Queen's Birthday | June 8, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Corpus Christi | June 11, 2020 | Thursday | Christian |
| June Solstice | June 21, 2020 | Sunday | Season |
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| First Day of NAIDOC Week | July 5, 2020 | Sunday | Observance |
| Tisha B'Av | July 30, 2020 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| Eid ul Adha | July 31, 2020 | Friday | Muslim |
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| New South Wales Bank Holiday | August 3, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Northern Territory Picnic Day | August 3, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland | August 12, 2020 | Wednesday | State Holiday |
| Assumption of Mary | August 15, 2020 | Saturday | Christian |
| Muharram/Islamic New Year | August 20, 2020 | Thursday | Muslim |
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| Father's Day | September 6, 2020 | Sunday | Observance |
| Rosh Hashana | September 19, 2020 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| September Equinox | September 22, 2020 | Tuesday | Season |
| Yom Kippur | September 28, 2020 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Queen's Birthday | September 28, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| | | |
| First day of Sukkot | October 3, 2020 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | October 4, 2020 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
| Feast of St Francis of Assisi | October 4, 2020 | Sunday | Christian |
| Queen's Birthday | October 5, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | October 5, 2020 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Hoshana Rabbah | October 9, 2020 | Friday | Jewish holiday |
| Shemini Atzeret | October 10, 2020 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| Simchat Torah | October 11, 2020 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | October 29, 2020 | Thursday | Muslim |
| Halloween | October 31, 2020 | Saturday | Observance |
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| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2020 | Sunday | Christian |
| All Souls' Day | November 2, 2020 | Monday | Christian |
| Recreation Day | November 2, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Melbourne Cup Day | November 3, 2020 | Tuesday | State Holiday |
| Remembrance Day | November 11, 2020 | Wednesday | Observance |
| Diwali/Deepavali | November 14, 2020 | Saturday | Observance |
| First Sunday of Advent | November 29, 2020 | Sunday | Observance |
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| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | December 8, 2020 | Tuesday | Christian |
| First Day of Hanukkah | December 11, 2020 | Friday | Jewish holiday |
| Last day of Hanukkah | December 18, 2020 | Friday | Jewish holiday |
| December Solstice | December 21, 2020 | Monday | Season |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2020 | Thursday | Observance |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2020 | Friday | National Holiday |
| Boxing Day | December 26, 2020 | Saturday | National Holiday |
| Proclamation Day | December 28, 2020 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Christmas/Boxing Day Holiday | December 28, 2020 | Monday | National Holiday |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2020 | Thursday | Observance |
2019 Public holidays and long weekends
The 2019 public holidays and long weekends in Australia are:
| Holidays and observances name | Date | Day | Type |
|---|
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2019 | Tuesday | National Holiday |
| Epiphany | January 6, 2019 | Sunday | Christian |
| Orthodox Christmas Day | January 7, 2019 | Monday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox New Year | January 14, 2019 | Monday | Orthodox |
| Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | January 21, 2019 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Australia Day | January 26, 2019 | Saturday | National Holiday |
| Australia Day observed | January 28, 2019 | Monday | National Holiday |
| | | |
| Chinese New Year | February 5, 2019 | Tuesday | Observance |
| Royal Hobart Regatta | February 11, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Valentine's Day | February 14, 2019 | Thursday | Observance |
| | | |
| Labour Day | March 4, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | March 5, 2019 | Tuesday | Christian |
| Ash Wednesday | March 6, 2019 | Wednesday | Christian |
| Labour Day | March 11, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Eight Hours Day | March 11, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Adelaide Cup | March 11, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Canberra Day | March 11, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| St Patrick's Day | March 17, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| March Equinox | March 21, 2019 | Thursday | Season |
| Purim | March 21, 2019 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| Harmony Day | March 21, 2019 | Thursday | Observance |
| National Close the Gap Day | March 21, 2019 | Thursday | Observance |
| | | |
| Isra and Mi'raj | April 3, 2019 | Wednesday | Muslim |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | April 7, 2019 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
| Palm Sunday | April 14, 2019 | Sunday | Christian |
| Maundy Thursday | April 18, 2019 | Thursday | Christian |
| Good Friday | April 19, 2019 | Friday | National Holiday |
| First day of Passover | April 20, 2019 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| Holy Saturday | April 20, 2019 | Saturday | Common State holiday |
| Easter Sunday | April 21, 2019 | Sunday | State Holiday |
| Easter Sunday | April 21, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| Easter Monday | April 22, 2019 | Monday | National Holiday |
| Easter Tuesday | April 23, 2019 | Tuesday | State Holiday |
| ANZAC Day | April 25, 2019 | Thursday | National Holiday |
| ANZAC Day | April 25, 2019 | Thursday | Common State holiday |
| Orthodox Good Friday | April 26, 2019 | Friday | Orthodox |
| Last day of Passover | April 27, 2019 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| Orthodox Holy Saturday | April 27, 2019 | Saturday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Easter | April 28, 2019 | Sunday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | April 29, 2019 | Monday | Orthodox |
| | | |
| Yom HaShoah | May 2, 2019 | Thursday | Jewish commemoration |
| Ramadan Start | May 6, 2019 | Monday | Muslim |
| May Day | May 6, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | May 6, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Yom HaAtzmaut | May 9, 2019 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| Mother's Day | May 12, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| Lag B'Omer | May 23, 2019 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| National Sorry Day | May 26, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| Reconciliation Day | May 27, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Ascension Day | May 30, 2019 | Thursday | Christian |
| Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | May 31, 2019 | Friday | Muslim |
| | | |
| Western Australia Day | June 3, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Eid ul Fitr | June 5, 2019 | Wednesday | Muslim |
| Queensland Day | June 6, 2019 | Thursday | Local observance |
| Pentecost | June 9, 2019 | Sunday | Christian |
| Shavuot | June 9, 2019 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| Whit Monday | June 10, 2019 | Monday | Christian |
| Queen's Birthday | June 10, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Trinity Sunday | June 16, 2019 | Sunday | Christian |
| Corpus Christi | June 20, 2019 | Thursday | Christian |
| June Solstice | June 22, 2019 | Saturday | Season |
| | | |
| First Day of NAIDOC Week | July 7, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| | | |
| New South Wales Bank Holiday | August 5, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Northern Territory Picnic Day | August 5, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Tisha B'Av | August 11, 2019 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| Eid ul Adha | August 12, 2019 | Monday | Muslim |
| Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland | August 14, 2019 | Wednesday | State Holiday |
| Assumption of Mary | August 15, 2019 | Thursday | Christian |
| | | |
| Muharram/Islamic New Year | September 1, 2019 | Sunday | Muslim |
| Father's Day | September 1, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| September Equinox | September 23, 2019 | Monday | Season |
| AFL Grand Final Friday | September 27, 2019 | Friday | State Holiday |
| Rosh Hashana | September 30, 2019 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Queen's Birthday | September 30, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| | | |
| Feast of St Francis of Assisi | October 4, 2019 | Friday | Christian |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | October 6, 2019 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
| Queen's Birthday | October 7, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | October 7, 2019 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Yom Kippur | October 9, 2019 | Wednesday | Jewish holiday |
| First day of Sukkot | October 14, 2019 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Hoshana Rabbah | October 20, 2019 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| Shemini Atzeret | October 21, 2019 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Simchat Torah | October 22, 2019 | Tuesday | Jewish holiday |
| Diwali/Deepavali | October 27, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| Halloween | October 31, 2019 | Thursday | Observance |
| | | |
| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2019 | Friday | Christian |
| All Souls' Day | November 2, 2019 | Saturday | Christian |
| Recreation Day | November 4, 2019 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Melbourne Cup Day | November 5, 2019 | Tuesday | State Holiday |
| Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | November 10, 2019 | Sunday | Muslim |
| Remembrance Day | November 11, 2019 | Monday | Observance |
| | | |
| First Sunday of Advent | December 1, 2019 | Sunday | Observance |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | December 8, 2019 | Sunday | Christian |
| December Solstice | December 22, 2019 | Sunday | Season |
| First Day of Hanukkah | December 23, 2019 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2019 | Tuesday | Observance |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2019 | Wednesday | National Holiday |
| Boxing Day | December 26, 2019 | Thursday | National Holiday |
| Proclamation Day | December 26, 2019 | Thursday | State Holiday |
| Last day of Hanukkah | December 30, 2019 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2019 | Tuesday | Observance |
2018 Public holidays and long weekends
The public holidays and long weekends 2018:
| Holidays and observances name | Date | Day | Type |
|---|
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2018 | Monday | National Holiday |
| Epiphany | January 6, 2018 | Saturday | Christian |
| Orthodox Christmas Day | January 7, 2018 | Sunday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox New Year | January 14, 2018 | Sunday | Orthodox |
| Australia Day | January 26, 2018 | Friday | National Holiday |
| Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | Jewish holiday |
| | | |
| Royal Hobart Regatta | February 12, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | February 13, 2018 | Tuesday | Christian |
| Ash Wednesday | February 14, 2018 | Wednesday | Christian |
| Valentine's Day | February 14, 2018 | Wednesday | Observance |
| Chinese New Year | February 16, 2018 | Friday | Observance |
| | | |
| Purim | March 1, 2018 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| Labour Day | March 5, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | March 12, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Eight Hours Day | March 12, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Adelaide Cup | March 12, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Canberra Day | March 12, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| National Close the Gap Day | March 15, 2018 | Thursday | Observance |
| St Patrick's Day | March 17, 2018 | Saturday | Observance |
| March Equinox | March 21, 2018 | Wednesday | Season |
| Harmony Day | March 21, 2018 | Wednesday | Observance |
| Palm Sunday | March 25, 2018 | Sunday | Christian |
| Maundy Thursday | March 29, 2018 | Thursday | Christian |
| Good Friday | March 30, 2018 | Friday | National Holiday |
| First day of Passover | March 31, 2018 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| | | |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | April 1, 2018 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
| Holy Saturday | March 31, 2018 | Saturday | Common State holiday |
| | | |
| Easter Sunday | April 1, 2018 | Sunday | State Holiday |
| Easter Sunday | April 1, 2018 | Sunday | Observance |
| Easter Monday | April 2, 2018 | Monday | National Holiday |
| Easter Tuesday | April 3, 2018 | Tuesday | State Holiday |
| Orthodox Good Friday | April 6, 2018 | Friday | Orthodox |
| Last day of Passover | April 7, 2018 | Saturday | Jewish holiday |
| Orthodox Holy Saturday | April 7, 2018 | Saturday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Easter | April 8, 2018 | Sunday | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | April 9, 2018 | Monday | Orthodox |
| Yom HaShoah | April 12, 2018 | Thursday | Jewish commemoration |
| Isra and Mi'raj | April 13, 2018 | Friday | Muslim |
| Yom HaAtzmaut | April 19, 2018 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| ANZAC Day | April 25, 2018 | Wednesday | Common State holiday |
| ANZAC Day | April 25, 2018 | Wednesday | National Holiday |
| | | |
| Lag B'Omer | May 3, 2018 | Thursday | Jewish holiday |
| May Day | May 7, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | May 7, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Ascension Day | May 10, 2018 | Thursday | Christian |
| Mother's Day | May 13, 2018 | Sunday | Observance |
| Ramadan Start | May 16, 2018 | Wednesday | Muslim |
| Pentecost | May 20, 2018 | Sunday | Christian |
| Shavuot | May 20, 2018 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| Whit Monday | May 21, 2018 | Monday | Christian |
| National Sorry Day | May 26, 2018 | Saturday | Observance |
| Trinity Sunday | May 27, 2018 | Sunday | Christian |
| Reconciliation Day | May 28, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Corpus Christi | May 31, 2018 | Thursday | Christian |
| | | |
| Western Australia Day | June 4, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Queensland Day | June 6, 2018 | Wednesday | Local observance |
| Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | June 10, 2018 | Sunday | Muslim |
| Queen's Birthday | June 11, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Eid ul Fitr | June 15, 2018 | Friday | Muslim |
| June Solstice | June 21, 2018 | Thursday | Season |
| | | |
| First Day of NAIDOC Week | July 8, 2018 | Sunday | Observance |
| Tisha B'Av | July 22, 2018 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| | | |
| New South Wales Bank Holiday | August 6, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Northern Territory Picnic Day | August 6, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Assumption of Mary | August 15, 2018 | Wednesday | Christian |
| Royal National Agricultural Show Day Queensland | August 15, 2018 | Wednesday | State Holiday |
| Eid ul Adha | August 22, 2018 | Wednesday | Muslim |
| | | |
| Father's Day | September 2, 2018 | Sunday | Observance |
| Rosh Hashana | September 10, 2018 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Muharram/Islamic New Year | September 12, 2018 | Wednesday | Muslim |
| Yom Kippur | September 19, 2018 | Wednesday | Jewish holiday |
| September Equinox | September 23, 2018 | Sunday | Season |
| First day of Sukkot | September 24, 2018 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Queen's Birthday | September 24, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| AFL Grand Final Friday | September 28, 2018 | Friday | State Holiday |
| Hoshana Rabbah | September 30, 2018 | Sunday | Jewish holiday |
| | | |
| Shemini Atzeret | October 1, 2018 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Queen's Birthday | October 1, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Labour Day | October 1, 2018 | Monday | Common State holiday |
| Simchat Torah | October 2, 2018 | Tuesday | Jewish holiday |
| Feast of St Francis of Assisi | October 4, 2018 | Thursday | Christian |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | October 7, 2018 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
| Halloween | October 31, 2018 | Wednesday | Observance |
| | | |
| All Saints' Day | November 1, 2018 | Thursday | Christian |
| All Souls' Day | November 2, 2018 | Friday | Christian |
| Recreation Day | November 5, 2018 | Monday | State Holiday |
| Melbourne Cup Day | November 6, 2018 | Tuesday | State Holiday |
| Diwali/Deepavali | November 7, 2018 | Wednesday | Observance |
| Remembrance Day | November 11, 2018 | Sunday | Observance |
| Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | November 21, 2018 | Wednesday | Muslim |
| | | |
| First Sunday of Advent | December 2, 2018 | Sunday | Observance |
| First Day of Hanukkah | December 3, 2018 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | December 8, 2019 | Saturday | Christian |
| Last day of Hanukkah | December 10, 2018 | Monday | Jewish holiday |
| December Solstice | December 22, 2018 | Saturday | Season |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2018 | Monday | Observance |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2018 | Tuesday | National Holiday |
| Boxing Day | December 26, 2018 | Wednesday | National Holiday |
| Proclamation Day | December 26, 2018 | Wednesday | State Holiday |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2018 | Monday | Observance |
