01 New Years Day – Public Holiday 26 Australia Day 28 Australia Day - Public Holiday 29 Term 1 begins
February
02 World Wetlands Day 04 Chinese Year of the Brown Earth Rat 07 Chinese New Years Day 14 Valentine's Day 26 Business Clean Up Day 29 Schools Clean Up Day
March
02 Clean Up Australia Day 15 St Patrick’s Day 21 Good Friday 21 Harmony Day 22 Easter Saturday 22 World Water Day 23 Easter Sunday 24 Easter Monday 30 Daylight saving ends (at 3am put clocks back one hour)
April
05 National Youth Week begins ((5-13 April – National Youth Week)) 07 World Health Day 11 Term 1 ends 22 Earth Day 25 Anzac Day – Public Holiday 27 Greek Easter Sunday 28 Term 2 begins
May
12 Mothers Day 15 International Day of Families 22 International Day for Biological Diversity 26 National Sorry Day
June
03 Mabo Day 05 World Environment Day 08 World Oceans Day 09 Queen’s birthday – Public Holiday 20 World Refugee Day
July - Save the Koala Month
04 Term 2 ends 15 World Youth Day (NSW) 21 Term 3 begins 25 National Schools Tree Day 27 National Tree Day
August
04 Bank Holiday (NSW) 04 National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day 09 International Day of World’s Indigenous People 12 International Youth Day 16 Children’s Book Week begins (16-22 August) 16 National Science Week begins (16-24 August - Theme: Planet Earth – Planet of Change)
September - National Biodiversity Month
01 Wattle Day 01 Keep Australia Beautiful Week begins (1-7 September) 02 Ramadan begins (Islam) 07 Fathers Day 07 National Threatened Species Day 08 International Literacy Day 17 Australian Citizenship Day 21 International Day of Peace 26 Term 3 ends
October - Bush Care Month
02 Ramadan ends (Islam) 06 Labour Day – Public Holiday (NSW) 13 Term 4 begins 18 Children’s Week begins (18-26 October) 24 United Nations Day 26 Daylight saving begins (at 2am turn clocks forward one hour)
November
04 Melbourne Cup 10 National Recycling Week begins (10-16 November) 11 Remembrance Day
December
10 Human Rights Day 19 Term 4 ends 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day 31 New Year’s Eve