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January
Australian
24 Term 1 Begins : NT [Students 25/1]
24 Term 1 Begins : Qld
26 Australia Day
31 Term 1 Begins : NSW [Staff 28/1]
31 Term 1 Begins : SA
International
1 New Years Day *
4 World Braille Day *
4 World Hypnotism Day *
7 International Programmers' Day *
16 World Religion Day
17 Judgment Day *
21 International Fetish Day
27 Holocaust Memorial Day *
29 World Leprosy Day
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February
Australian
1 Term 1 Begins : Vic
2 Term 1 Begins : WA
4 Term 1 Begins : ACT
8 Safer Internet Day
14 Library Lovers Day
15/16 Term 1 Begins : Tas [Depends on area]
Sunnies for Sight Day
28 Last Day of Summer
International
3 Chinese New Year
5 World Nutella Day *
14 Man Day *
14
(World) Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
14 Valentines Day *
14 World Marriage Day
20 World Day for Social Justice *
21 International Mother Language Day
26 International Sword Swallowers Day *
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March
Australian
1 First Day of Autumn
1 Australian Women's History Month
2/4 Sustainable Energy Day[s]
4 School's Clean Up Day
6 Clean Up Australia Day
7 Labour Day : WA
14 Adelaide Cup Holiday
14 Eight Hour Day : Tas
14 Labour Day : Vic
14 Canberra Day
15 Catholic Education Week Vic
16 National Ride2School Day
20/27 Seniors Week NSW
21 Harmony Day
21 National Playgroup Week
26 Earth Hour
International
4 International Scrapbooking Industry Day *
4 World Day of Prayer
8 International Women's Day *
8 International Working Women's Day *
8 International Pancake Day (IHOP)
9 Ash Wednesday:
10 International Day of Awesomeness: 10 Link *
10 World Kidney Day: 10
13 International Fanny Pack Day: 13 Link (2nd Saturday)
14 International Ask A Question Day *
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination *
21 World Down Syndrome Day
22 International Day of The Seal
22 International Goof-off Day *
22 World Day for Water (aka World Water Day) *
23 World Meteorological Day *
24 World Tuberculosis Day *
25 Remembrance Day for The Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic
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April
Australian
1/10 National Youth Week
1 Term 1 Ends : NT
1 Wakakirri [Registrations close]
3 Daylight Savings Ends : ACT/NSW/SA/Tas/Vic
8 Term 1 Ends : NSW
8 Term 1 Ends : Vic
11 Term 2 Begins : NT
15 Term 1 Ends : ACT
15 Term 1 Ends : Qld
15 Term 1 Ends : SA
21 Term 1 Ends : WA
25 ANZAC Day
26 Term 2 Begins : NSW
26 Term 2 Begins : Qld
27 Term 2 Begins : Vic
International
1 April Fools or All Fools Day *
1 Good Friday
1 International Tatting Day *
2 International Children's Book Day *
2 World Autism Day *
2 International Pillow Fight Day
4 International Day for Mine Awareness & Assistance in Mine Action *
4 World Rat Day
7 International Beaver Day *
7 International Snailpapers Day
7 World Health Organization Day *
11 International "Louie Louie" Day *
11 World Parkinson's Disease Day *
14 International Moment of Laughter Day
18 International Amateur Radio Day *
23 World Book & Copyright Day 23 *
23 International Marconi Day
24 World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
30 World Healing Day
30 World Tai Chi and Qigong Day
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May
Australian
1 - 8 Australian Dance Week
2 Term 2 Starts (TAS, ACT, SA)
2 May Day (NT & QLD)
5 Term 2 Starts (WA)
8 Mothers Day
9 - 15 National Volunteer Week
10 - 12 National Literacy/Numeracy Testing
15 - 21 National Families Week
15 - 21 Health/PE Education Week
16 - 20 Law Week
16 - 20 National Career Development Week
20 Walk Safely to School Day
23 - 29 Library & Information Week
26 Australian Schools National Sorry Day
26 Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
27 - 3 National Reconciliation Week
31 Last Day of Autumn *
International
1 May Day *
1 World Laughter Day (First Sunday in May)
1 International Babylost Mother's Day (First Sunday)
3 World Press Freedom Day *
3 World Asthma Day
5 International Midwives' Day *
7 World Asthma Day
7 World Fair Trade Day
8 World Red Cross Day
12 International Nurses Day *
14 International Migratory Bird Day
15 International Day of Families *
17 World Hypertension Day
17 World Information Society Day *
17 World Telecommunications Day *
18 International Museum Day *
20 International Virtual Assistants Day
21 World Day for Culteral Diversity for Dialogue & Development *
22 International Day for Biological Diversity *
23 World Crohn's and Colitis Day *
23 World Turtle Day *
25 World Multiple Sclerosis Day (Last Wednesday)
28 International Jazz Day
29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers *
31 World No Tobacco Day
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June
Australian
1 First Day of Winter *
1 MS Readathon Begins
3 Mabo Day
3 Term 1 Ends : Tas
6 Foundation Day : WA [Public Holiday]
6 Queensland Day
13 Queen's Birthday [Not WA]
19 Drug Action Week
20 Term 2 Begins : Tas
20 Refugee Week
20 Winter Solstice
24 Term 2 Ends : NT
24 Term 2 Ends : Qld
24 Red Nose Day
International
4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression *
5 World Environment Day *
8 World Ocean Day *
13 Queen's Official Birthday *
14 (World) Blood Donor Day *
17 World Day To Combat Desertification and Drought *
18 International Sushi Day: 18
18 World Juggling Day: 18
19 World Sickle Cell Day *
19 World Sauntering Day *
20 World Refugee Day *
21 World Humanist Day
24 International Fairy Day *
26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking *
26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture *
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July
Australian
1 Territory Day NT
1 Term 2 Ends : NSW
1 Term 2 Ends : Vic
3 NAIDOC Week
8 Term 2 Ends : ACT
8 Term 2 Ends : SA
8 Term 2 Ends : WA
9 Constitution Day
11 Term 3 Begins : Qld
18 Term 3 Begins : NSW
18 Term 3 Begins : Vic
School AIDS Day
22 National Chemistry Week [and Quiz]
25 Term 3 Begins : ACT
25 Term 3 Begins : NT
25 Term 3 Begins : SA
25 Term 3 Begins : WA
29 Schools Tree Day
29/31 Herald Sun Melbourne Career Expo
31 National Tree Day
International
1 International Chicken Wing Day:
2 International Cherry Pit Spitting Day
2 International Day of Cooperatives
3
International Tartan Day
4 American Independence Day
11 World Population Day *
11International Town Criers Day *
14 Bastille Day *
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August
Australian
Education Week : NSW
1 Picnic Day : NT
4 Indigenous Children's Day
5 Garma Festival : NT
5 Jeans4Genes Day
8 Mary MacKillop's Day
11/20 Royal Queensland Show
13/21 National Science Week
15 Australian Science Olympiads/Physics
16 Brain Injury Awareness Week
17 Australian Science Olympiads/Chemistry
18 Australian Science Olympiads/Biology
19 40 Hour Famine
20 Children's Book Awards
21 Hearing Awareness Week
21/27 Children's Book Week
22 Freedom Day NT
22 Keep Australia Beautiful Week
26 Daffodil Day
28 National Literacy & Numeracy Week
MS Readathon/Sponsorships Due
31 Last Day of Winter
31 MS Readathon Ends
Education Week NT
International
1 Horse’s Birthday *
5 International Beer Day *
9 International Day of The World's Indigenous People *
12 International Youth Day *
13 International Lefthander's Day *
19 World Humanitarian Day
20 International Homeless Animals Day
20 (World) Daffodil Day
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September
Australian
1 First Day of Spring
1 Wattle Day
Adult Learner's Week
1 Dyspraxia Awareness Month
7 Indigenous Literacy Day
2 Term 2 Ends : Tas
3 Australian National Flag Day
National Reading Day
4 History Week : NSW
4 Fathers Day
4 National Child Protection Week
5 Landcare Week
7 Threatened Species Day
17 Australian Citizenship Day
16 Term 3 Ends : Qld
19 Term 3 Begins : Tas
23 Spring Equinox
23 Term 3 Ends NSW
23 Term 3 Ends : Vic
30 Term 3 Ends : ACT
30 Term 3 Ends : NT
30 Term 3 Ends : SA
30 Term 3 Ends : WA
National Save the Koala Day
International
4 International Drive Your Studebaker Day
8 International Literacy Day *
8 World Physical Therapy Day *
10 (World) Suicide Prevention Day *
12 International Chocolate Day *
15 International Day of Democracy
16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer *
17 International Eat An Apple Day
17 International Coastal Cleanup Day
18 World Water Monitoring Day *
22 International Day of Peace
21 World's Alzheimer's Day *
21 International Day of Peace *
25 (World) Ataxia Awareness Day *
26 World Heart Day
26 World Maritime Day
27 World Tourism Day *
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October
Australian
2 Daylight Savings Begins : ACT/NSW/SA/Tas/Vic
3 Term 4 Begins : Qld
3 Queen's Birthday, WA [2011]
4 Labour Day : ACT/NSW/SA
4/5 Schools Orienteering Championships
6 Melbourne Int. Arts Festival
10 Term 4 Begins : NSW
10 Term 4 Begins : NT
10 Term 4 Begins : Vic
Earth Science Week
16 National Nutrition Week
17 Term 4 Begins : ACT
17 Term 4 Begins : SA
17 Term 4 Begins : WA
National Water Week
Education Week : WA
21 Proclamation Day : WA
22 Children's Week
Pink Ribbon Day
National Bandanna Day
28 Aust World Teachers Day
International
1*International Day of Older Persons *
1 World Card Making Day
1 World Vegetarian Day *
2 International Day of Non-violence
2 World Communion Day
2 World Farm Animals Day *
3 World Habitat Day
4 World Animal Day
5 World Teachers Day *
7 World Smile Day
9 International African Diaspora Day
9 World Post Day *
10 International Newspaper Carrier Day *
10 World Mental Health Day *
12 International Moment of Frustration Scream Day *
12 International Top Spinning Day
13 International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
13 World Sight Day: 13 Link (2nd Thursday)
15 International Day of Rural Women
16 World Toy Camera Day
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty *
18 World Menopause Day *
20 International Credit Union Day
22 International Stuttering Awareness Day *
24 United Nations Day *
24 World Development Information Day *
18 International Bandanna Day
29 World Psoriasis Day *
31 Halloween *
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November
Australian
1 Melbourne Cup Day
2 Recreation Day : Tas
3 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels Day
7/13 National Recycling Week
Health/PE Education Week : SA
11 Remembrance Day
13 Australia's Kindness Day
National Skin Cancer Action Week
20/28 Social Inclusion Week
29 Eureka Day
30 Last Day of Spring
International
5 Guy Fawkes Day *
6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict *
11 Remembrance Day *
13 International Tongue Twister Day
13 World Kindness Day *
14 World Diabetes Day *
14 World Orphans Day
16 International Day for Tolerance *
19 World Toilet Day *
20 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims *
20 Universal Childrens Day *
21 World Hello Day *
21 World Television Day *
25 International Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day *
26 International Aura Awareness Day
29 International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People *
30 St. Andrews Day
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December
Australian
1 First Day of Summer
10 School Year Ends : NT
10 School Year Ends : Qld
10 School Year Ends : SA
16 School Year Ends : Tas
16 School Year Ends : WA
17 School Year Ends : ACT
17 School Year Ends : NSW
17 School Year Ends : Vic
22 Summer Solstice
28 Proclamation Day : SA
International
1 World Aids Day *
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day *
3 International Day of Disabled Persons *
5 International Ninja Day *
5 International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development *
7 International Civil Aviation Day *
9 International Anti-corruption Day
10 International Human Rights Day *
10 International Shareware Day
11 International Mountain Day: *
18 International Migrants Day *
20 International Human Solidarity Day *
21 World Peace Day/Winter Solstice *
24 Christmas Eve *
25 Christmas *
26 Boxing Day *
31 New Year’s Eve *
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