;Australia-(Australia)
;Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
;Time zone: various (UTC+8 to +10.5), Summer (DST): various (UTC+8 to +11.5)

;States & territories of Australia:
;Australian Capital Territory (ACT) - Territory (capital: Canberra), Eastern Standard Time (AEST) – UTC+10:00 (DST UTC+11)
;Jervis Bay Territory (JBT)         - Territory (capital: Jervis Bay Village), Eastern Standard Time (AEST) – UTC+10:00 (DST UTC+11)
; Jervis Bay Territory, administered as if it were part of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), although it has always been a separate Commonwealth territory
;Northern Territory (NT) - Territory (capital: Darwin), Central Standard Time (ACST) - UTC+09:30
;New South Wales (NSW)   - State (capital: Sydney), Eastern Standard Time (AEST)     – UTC+10:00 (DST UTC+11)
;Queensland (QLD)        - State (capital: Brisbane), Eastern Standard Time (AEST)   – UTC+10:00
;South Australia (SA)    - State (capital: Adelaide), Central Standard Time (ACST)   - UTC+09:30 (DST UTC+10:30)
;Tasmania (TAS)          - State (capital: Hobart), Eastern Standard Time (AEST)     – UTC+10:00 (DST UTC+11)
;Victoria (VIC)          - State (capital: Melbourne), Eastern Standard Time (AEST)  – UTC+10:00 (DST UTC+11)
;Western Australia (WA)  - State (capital: Perth), Western Standard Time (WST)       – UTC+08:00

;?maybe to be split into files for each State/Territory

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LANGUAGE=UTF8
IMAGE=Holiday_Australia.gif
COMMENT=Updated 27 january 2021 \nIntern. & Worlddays >International Days-english

TYP=Holy
;Public holidays in Australia are declared on a state & territory basis, with the exception of national public holidays

Es-2Dy =Good Friday
Es+1Dy =Easter Monday

01.1.*MvU  =New Year's Day

;active in Normal 26.1.>1803<1818     =New South Wales, First Landing Day/Foundation Day                                ;Note=1804>1817, 1818 >officially acknowledged, 1838 >annual public holiday {d}
;active in Normal 26.1.>1817<1838     =New South Wales, First Landing Day/Foundation Day (1818 officially acknowledged) ;Note=1804>1817 unofficially, 1838 >annual public holiday {d}
;active in Local  26.1.>1837<1888     =New South Wales, First Landing Day/Foundation Day (1838 annual public holiday)   ;Note=1804>1817 unofficially 1818>1837 officially acknowledged, 1838 >annual public holiday {d}
26.1.>1887<1935     =Anniversary/Foundation Day ;Note=1888>1931/1935, 1931/1935 >Australia Day & Monday on/after Jan. 26 {d}
;active in Local  26.1.+1Mo>1930<1935 =Victoria, Australia Day                                                          ;Note=all other states 1935, 1994 >Jan. 26 {d-01-26}
26.1.+1Mo>1934<1988 =Australia Day ;Note=Victoria since 1931, 1994 >Jan. 26 {d-01-26}
26.1.>1987<1989     =Australia Day ;Note=1988 exeption (200 years since 1788) {d-01-26}
26.1.+1Mo>1988<1994 =Australia Day ;Note=Victoria since 1931, 1994 >Jan. 26 {d-01-26}
26.1.*MvU>1993      =Australia Day ;Note=1788 arrival 1st fleet, 1st off. celebration 1818 (New South Wales) {d}

25.4.>1915<2010 =#1915th Anzac Day            ;Note=1st 1916, >2009
25.4.*LUX-1Dy*B01+1Dy>2009 =#1915th Anzac Day ;Note=1st 1916, flag half-mast until noon, from 2010, if Sunday >Monday, if Easter >Tuesday {d}
;2011, Anzac Day on the same date as Easter Monday
;2038, Anzac Day on the same date as Easter Sunday

25.12.*MvU =Christmas Day

TYP=Local

Es-1Dy  =Holy Saturday                  ;Note=all states except Tasmania (& Western Australia)

Es>2010 =New South Wales, Easter Sunday ;Note=Easter Sunday declared public holiday by New South Wales, eff. 2011 {n}
Es<1995 =Victoria, Easter Sunday ;Note=Easter Sunday public holiday until 1994; again in 2015 {n}
Es>2014 =Victoria, Easter Sunday ;Note=Easter Sunday declared public holiday by Victoria, eff. 2015 {n}
Es>2015 =Australian Capital Territory, Easter Sunday ;Note=Easter Sunday declared public holiday by Australian Capital Territory, eff. 2016 {n}
Es>2016 =Queensland, Easter Sunday ;Note=Easter Sunday declared public holiday by Queensland, eff. 2017 {n}

Es+2Dy  =Tasmania, Easter Tuesday       ;Note=public servants & banks
Es+2Dy<1995 =Victoria, Easter Tuesday   ;Note=till 1994

05.1.+1We  =Tasmania, Devonport Cup ;Note=Wednesday not earlier than 5th & not later than 11th day of January

26.1.>1837<1888     =New South Wales, First Landing Day/Foundation Day (1838 annual public holiday)   ;Note=1803>1817 unofficially 1818>1837 officially acknowledged, 1838 >annual public holiday {d}
26.1.+1Mo>1930<1935 =Victoria, Australia Day                                                          ;Note=all other states 1935, 1994 >Jan. 26 {d-01-26}

01.2.+2Mo  =Tasmania-Hobart area, Royal Hobart Regatta
29.2.-1We  =Tasmania-Launceston, Launceston Cup

01.3.+1Mo  =Western Australia, Labour Day
01.3.+1Tu  =Tasmania-King Island, King Island Show
01.3.+2Mo  =Tasmania, Eight Hour Day
01.3.+2Mo  =Victoria, Labour Day
01.5.+3Mo<2006 =South Australia, Adelaide Cup Day ;Note=2006 >2nd Monday
01.3.+2Mo>2005 =South Australia, Adelaide Cup Day ;Note=3rd Monday till 2005
12.3.>1912<1958     =Australian Capital Territory, #1912th Canberra Day ;Note=March 12, 1913 off. naming ceremony, 1958 >3rd monday, 2008 >2nd monday
01.3.+3Mo>1957<2008 =Australian Capital Territory, #1912th Canberra Day ;Note=March 12, 1913 off. naming ceremony, 1913>1957 March 12, 1958 >3rd monday, 2008 >2nd monday
01.3.+2Mo>2007      =Australian Capital Territory, #1912th Canberra Day ;Note=March 12, 1913 off. naming ceremony, 1913>1957 March 12, 1958 >3rd monday, 2008 >2nd monday {m}
;from 2010 >general rule for Australia, see above
25.4.*NEW*MvU-1Dy*B01+1Dy<2010 =#1915th Anzac Day ;Note=Australian Capital Territory & Western Australia, if weekend >next working day
25.4.*NE7*LUX-1Dy*B01+1Dy<2010 =#1915th Anzac Day ;Note=all states except Tasmania & Victoria, if Sunday >Monday, if Easter >Tuesday
25.4.-1Dy*NE7*B01+1Dy<2010     =#1915th Anzac Day ;Note=all states except Tasmania & Victoria, if Easter Monday >Tuesday

01.5.+1Mo  =Northern Territory, May Day
01.5.+1Mo  =Northern Territory, Labour Day
01.5.+1Mo<2013 =Queensland, Labour Day ;Note=>2012, 2013 >1st Monday October
01.5.+1Th+1Dy =Tasmania, AGFest
;28.5.  =National Burger Day
28.5.>2017 =Australian Capital Territory, #2017th Reconciliation Day ;Note=1st 2018, replaces Family & Community Day (Sept./Oct.) {n}
;As this legislation becomes law, this year's [2017] Family and Community Day public holidays, on September 25, will be the last such public holiday, and a new public holiday will be observed next year on May 28
;28.5.+1Mo>2019 =Australian Capital Territory, Reconciliation Day ;Note=first Monday after May 27, replaces Family & Community Day (Sept./Oct.) {n}


01.6.+1Mo<2012 =Western Australia, Foundation Day        ;Note=2012 >Western Australia Day {m}
01.6.+1Mo>2011 =Western Australia, Western Australia Day ;Note=before 2012 Foundation Day {m}
01.6.+2Mo  =Queen's Birthday                             ;Note=all states except Western Australia (& Queensland 2012 only)
01.6.+2Mo  =South Australia, Volunteer's Day             ;Note=same day as Queen's Birthday

01.8.+1Mo  =New South Wales, Bank Holiday  ;Note=not a state-wide public holiday {m}
01.8.+1Mo  =Northern Territory, Picnic Day ;Note={m}
31.8.-3We  =Queensland-Brisbane area, Royal National Agricultural (RNA) Show Day ;Note={m}

01.11.+1Tu>2006<2010 =Australian Capital Territory, Family & Community Day ;Note=2007>2009 1st Tuesday November {d-09-30}
30.9.*ACT>2009<2017 =Australian Capital Territory, Family & Community Day ;Note=if Sept. on the day, if October >2nd Monday (due to Labor Day on 1st Monday), 2007>2009 1st Tuesday November {d-09-30}
25.9.>2016<2018     =Australian Capital Territory, Family & Community Day ;Note=2017 {d-09-30}
;As this legislation becomes law, this year's [2017] Family and Community Day public holidays, on September 25, will be the last such public holiday, and a new public holiday will be observed next year on May 28
;30.9.*ACT>2017      =Australian Capital Territory, Family & Community Day ;Note=if Sept. on the day, if October >2nd Monday (due to Labor Day on 1st Monday), 2007>2009 1st Tuesday November {d-09-30}

01.10.+1Mo =Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Labour Day ;Note={m}
01.10.+1Mo>2012 =Queensland, Labour Day                                                ;Note=before 2013 1st Monday May {m}
01.10.+1Mo>2011<2013 =Queensland, Queen's Birthday ;Note=2012, till 2011 & from 2013 2nd Monday June
;01.10.+1Sa-1Dy>2016  =Victoria, AFL Grand Final parade* ;Note=2017>. , Friday prior to the AFL Grand Final {n}
29.9.+1Fr>2016 =Victoria, AFL Grand Final parade* ;Note=2017>. , Friday prior to the AFL Grand Final {n}
01.10.+1Sa-1Fr =Tasmania-Burnie area, Burnie Show
01.10.+2Sa-1Th =Tasmania-Launceston, Royal Launceston Show
01.10.+3Sa-1Fr =Tasmania-Flinders Island, Flinders Island Show
01.10.+4Sa-1Th =Tasmania-Hobart area, Royal Hobart Show
02.10.-1Mo<2011  =Western Australia, Queen's Birthday ;Note={m-10}
28.10.>2010<2012 =Western Australia, Queen's Birthday ;Note=2011 only {m-10}
02.10.-1Mo>2011<2017 =Western Australia, Queen's Birthday ;Note={m-10}
25.9.>2016<2018      =Western Australia, Queen's Birthday ;Note=2017 {m-10}
02.10.-1Mo>2017      =Western Australia, Queen's Birthday ;Note={m-10}

01.11.+1Mo =Northern Tasmania, Recreation Day ;Note=Northern Tasmania only, not Hobart area {m}
01.11.+1Tu =Victoria-Melbourne metropolitan area, #1860th Melbourne Cup Day ;Note=1st 1861 {m}
01.11.+1Tu>2006<2010 =Australian Capital Territory, #2006th Family & Community Day ;Note=1st 2007, 2010 >first week of the September/October school holidays {m}

01.12.-1Fr =Tasmania-Devonport area, Devonport Show
25.12.*MvU+1Dy*MvU =Boxing Day       ;Note=all states except South Australia
25.12.*MvU+1Dy*MvU =South Australia, Proclamation Day

;one-off
;2009
28.12.>2008<2010 =New South Wales, Queensland, additional public holiday ;Note=2009
27.4.>2008<2010 =Western Australia & ACT, Public Holiday* ;Note=2009, ANZAC Day falls on a Saturday

;2010
25.12.>2009<2011 =Australian Capital Territory, additional public holiday ;Note=2010

;2011
26.4.>2010<2012  =additional public holiday ;Note=Northern Territory, Western Australia, Southern Austalia, New South Wales, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, 2011, Easter Monday & Anzac Day both on 25.4.
25.12.>2010<2012 =Northern Territory, additional public holiday ;Note=2011
31.12.>2010<2012 =Northern Territory, additional public holiday ;Note=2011

;2012
01.1.>2011<2013  =Northern Territory, additional public holiday       ;Note=2012
10.1.>2011<2013  =Queensland-Locker Valley, additional public holiday ;Note=1st anniversary flash floods, 2012
11.6.>2011<2013  =Queensland, special Queen’s Diamond Jubilee holiday ;Note=2012

;2014
14.11.>2013<2015 =Queensland-Brisbane Metropolitan area, one-off non-working public holiday for the G20 Leaders Summit ;Note=2014

;2015
27.4.>2014<2016 =Australian Capital Territory, Public servants Holiday* ;Note=2015, ANZAC Day falls on a Saturday
02.10.>2014<2016 =Victoria, AFL Grand Final parade* ;Note=2015 {n}

TYP=LocalHalf

24.12.>2012  =South Australia, Christmas Eve (7 pm to 12 midnight)    ;Note=1st 2012
24.12.       =Northern Territory, Christmas Eve (7 pm to 12 midnight) ;Note=1st ?, 2019 OK
24.12.       =Queensland, Christmas Eve (7 pm to 12 midnight)         ;Note=1st ?, 2019 OK
31.12.>2012  =South Australia, New Year's Eve (7 pm to 12 midnight)   ;Note=1st 2012



TYP=Normal

;DST Australia, 01.1.1917>25.3.1917, 01.1.1942>29.3.1942, 27.9.1942>28.3.1943, except Western Australia 03.10.1943>26.3.1944
;DST Tasmania 01.10.1967>31.3.1968, 27.10.1968>09.3.1969, 26.10.1969>08.3.1970, 25.10.1970>14.3.1971, 31.10.1971>27.2.1972, last sunday October (1968>1991), 1st Sunday October (1992>) >1st Sunday March (1973>1981 & 1984>1986), 3rd Sunday March (1987>1990), last Sunday March (1982>1983 & 1991>2005), 1st Sunday April (2007>) (2:00 am local standard time)
;DST New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory & South Australia 1971>2008, Queensland 1971, last Sunday October (1971) >27.2.1972, 1st Sunday March (1973>1985) (2:00 am local standard time)
;DST Queensland three-year trial 1989/90>1991/92, last Sunday October>1st Sunday March
;In 2000, New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory & Tasmania started daylight-saving time early, due to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. These jurisdictions changed on 27 August 2000. South Australia did not change until the regular time
;In 2006, all states that followed daylight-saving time delayed the return to their respective Standard Times by a week, due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Daylight-saving time ended on 2 April 2006.
;DST Western Australia 2006>2008, 03.12.2006 >last Sunday October (2007>2008) >last Sunday March (2007>2008) >29.3.2009 (2:00 am local standard time)
;DST New South Wales, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory & South Australia since 2009 1st Sunday October >1st Sunday April (2:00 am local standard time)
;Western Australia (since 2009), Queensland (since 1972) & Northern Territory (last use 1944) do not observe DST
;http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/dst_times.shtml

Es     =Easter ;Note=not a public holiday in most states

25.1.>1959  =#1959th winner of the Australian of the Year award announced* ;Note=1st 1960, by the Prime Minister, eve of Australia Day {d}
;since 1979, Young Australian of the Year Award (none in 1993)
;since 1999, Senior Australian of the Year Award (none in 2002)
;since 2003, Australian Local Hero Award
26.1.>1803<1818 =New South Wales, First Landing Day/Foundation Day                                ;Note=1804>1817, 1818 >officially acknowledged, 1838 >annual public holiday {d}
26.1.>1817<1838 =New South Wales, First Landing Day/Foundation Day (1818 officially acknowledged) ;Note=1804>1817 unofficially, 1838 >annual public holiday {d}
27.1.  =Intern. Holocaust Remembrance Day

07.2.>2009 =#2009th Remembrance of the 2009 Victorian bushfire victims* ;Note=flag half-mast, 1st 2010 (22nd February 2009)
29.2.>2008 =#2008th Rare Disease Day* ;Note=1st Australia 2009, 1st Europe 2008 {d}

01.3.  =1st day of Autumn   ;Note={d}
17.3.  =Saint Patrick's Day
21.3.  =Harmony Day         ;Note=Intern. Day Elimination Racial Discrimination {d}

24.4.  =Kapyong Day* ;Note=1951 Battle of Kapyong/Jiaping {d}

01.5.+2Su  =Mother's Day
26.5.>1997 =#1997th National Sorry Day/National Day of Healing ;Note=1st 1998 {d}
27.5.>1995 =1st day #1995th Reconciliation Week (8d) ;Note=1st 1996, >June 3 {d}

01.6.  =1st day of Winter   ;Note={d}
03.6.>1995 =8th & last day #1995th Reconciliation Week ;Note=1st 1996, since May 27 {d}
03.6.  =Mabo day            ;Note=1992 High Court of Australia overturned terra nullius, campaign of Eddie Koiki Mabo {d}
06.6.>1980 =Queensland, #1980th Queensland Day ;Note=not a public holiday, 1st 1981, 1859 Letters Patent signed {d}
30.6.-1Fr>1987 =#1987th Red Nose Day* ;Note=1st Australia 1988 {m}

01.7.  =Tartan Day          ;Note=anniversary of the repeal of the Act of Proscription in 1782 {d}
01.7.  =Australian government's fiscal year begins* ;Note={d}
09.7.>1999 =#1999th Constitution Day* ;Note=1st 2000, low key 2001>2006, Constitution became law in 1900 {d}
31.7.-1Su-1Fr =National Schools Tree (Planting) Day ;Note={m}
31.7.-1Su     =National Tree (Planting) Day         ;Note={m}

25.1.-1Su>1939<1956 =#1939th Day of Mourning (Aborigines Day)* ;Note=Sunday before Australia Day (Jan. 26) {m-07}
01.7.+1Su>1955<1975 =#1955th Aborigines Day ;Note={m}
01.7.+1Su>1974      =#1955th National Aborigines & Islanders Day, 1st day #1974th Aborigines week ;Note={m}
01.7.+2Su>1955<1975 =#1955th Day of remembrance for Aboriginal people & their heritage ;Note={m}
01.7.+2Su>1974      =#1955th Day of remembrance for Aboriginal people & their heritage, 8th & last day #1974th Aborigines week ;Note={m}

01.8.+2Tu%1961,5>1960 =Census of Population & Housing* ;Note=1st April 2, 1911, 1921, 1933, 1947, 1954, since 1961 every 5 years on the 2nd Tuesday of August {m}
18.8.>1966 =Vietnam Veterans Day/Long Tan Day** ;Note=1966 Battle of Long Tan {d}
31.8.>1997 =White Rose Day*                    ;Note=in honor of Princess Diana (passed away 1997) {d}

01.9.  =1st day of Spring ;Note={d}
;01.9.  =Wattle Day ;Note=1st 1910 Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, 1913 national, since 1992 on Sep. 1 {n}
01.9.+1Su =Father's Day   ;Note={m}
03.9.>1995 =#1995th Australian National Flag Day* ;Note=1st 1996, 1st Sydney 1984, 1901 new Australian flag flew for the first time  {d}
07.9.>1995 =#1995th National Threatened Species Day ;Note=1st 1996, 1936 death of the last Tasmanian tiger at Hobart Zoo {d}
17.9.>2000 =#2000th Australian Citizenship Day ;Note=1st 2001 {d}
23.9.  =Celebrate Bisexuality Day
29.9.>1988 =#1988th National Police Remembrance Day* ;Note=1st 1989, Saint Michael, Conference of Commissioners of Police of Australasia & the South West Pacific Region {d}
30.9.-1Fr =Save The Koala Day* ;Note=Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) {m}

01.10.+4We =Universal Children's Day (Australia)* ;Note=4th Wednesday October, UN Nov. 20 {m}
22.10.>2004 =#2004th Wombat Day* ;Note=1st 2005, unofficial {d}
;23.10. =Honesty Day
31.10.-1Fr =Teachers' Day   ;Note={m}

01.11. =1st day Movember charity event (30d) ;Note=involving the growing of moustaches
11.11. =Remembrance Day     ;Note=1918 end of World War I, flag half-mast 10:30am >11:03am {d}
30.11. =30th & last day Movember charity event ;Note=involving the growing of moustaches

01.12. =1st day of Summer   ;Note={d}


;The PTBSync holiday files are maintained by dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com
;On http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ you find a library of additional files for PTBSync
;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Australia
;http://www.australia.gov.au/302
;http://australia.gov.au/topics/australian-facts-and-figures/public-holidays
;http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/fair-and-safe-work/industrial-relations/public-holidays/changes-from-2012
;http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/fair-and-safe-work/industrial-relations/public-holidays/changes-from-2013
;http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/show_page.jsp?id=2483

;19.10.2010, The Minister for Workplace Relations of Australia's State of Tasmania, David O’Byrne, has tabled a bill in Parliament that would include provision for a substitute public holiday for ANZAC Day when it falls on a Sunday or on Easter Monday
;14.3.2011, The Racing Minister of Australia's State of South Australia, Tom Kenyon, has confirmed that, in the future, the South Australian government would not move the Adelaide Cup public holiday back to the month of May.