Calendar
Dates apply to 2007 though many remain the same
1 January - New Year’s Day Holiday
20 January - Hijrah or Muharram (Islamic New Year)
26 January - Australia Day/Invasion Day
27 January - Holocaust Memorial Day
29 January - Ashura (Islamic Holiday)
2 February - World Wetlands Day
15 February - Nirvana Day (Buddhist Holiday)
18 February - Chinese New Year
21 February - International Mother Language Day
3 March - Mardi Gras
4 March - Clean Up Australia Day
5 March - Labour Day Holiday (WA)
8 March - United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace (International Women’s Day)
12 March - Labour Day (VIC & TAS); Adelaide Cup Holiday (SA)
16 March - Red Nose Day
19 March - Canberra Day (ACT)
21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination/Harmony Day
21-28 March - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Freedom
22 March - World Water Day
23 March - World Meteorological Day
24 March - NSW State Election
25 March - Freedom Day (against people trafficking)
30 March-1 April - Two Fires Festival, Braidwood
31 March - Earth Hour - turn off the between 7.30 and 8.30pm
4 April - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
6 April - Good Friday
7 April - World Health Day
8 April - Easter Sunday
9 April - Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
10 April - Easter Tuesday Holiday (TAS)
22 April - Earth Day
23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
25 April - ANZAC Day
28 April - World Day for Safety and Health
28 April-May 12 - Fairtrade Fortnight (Australia)
1 May - World Press Freedom Day
7 May - May Day Holiday (NT); Labour Day Holiday (QLD)
8 May - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
12 May - World Fair Trade Day
13 May - Mothers’ Day
14-20 May - National Volunteer Week
15 May - International Day of Families
17 May - World International Society Day
21 May - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
25 May - UNESCO Africa Day
25 May-1 June - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
26 May - National Sorry Day
27 May - 40th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum for Indigenous Rights in Australia
28 May-June 3 - National Reconciliation Week
29 May - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
31 May - World No-Tobacco Day
2 June - Mabo Day (15th Anniversary of 1992 Mabo Judgment)
3 June - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
4 June - Foundation Day Holiday (WA)
5 June - World Environment Day
11 June - Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 June - World Refugee Day
23 June - United Nations Public Service Day
26 June - International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking; International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
8-15 July - NAIDOC (National Aboriginal Islander Day and Observance Committee) Week
7 July - International Day of Co-operatives
7 July - Live Earth concerts
11 July - World Population Day
29 July - National Tree Day
6 August - Hiroshima Day
7 August - Picnic Day Holiday (NT); Labour Day Holiday (QLD)
9 August - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People; Nagasaki Day
12 August - International Youth Day
23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition; National (Indigenous) Freedom Day (Anniversary of Wave Hill Walk-off)
1 September - World Day of prayer for the environment
3-8 September - National Landcare Week
7 September - National Threatened Species Day
8 September - International Literacy Day; National Sustainable House Day
10 September - World Suicide Prevention Day
13 September - First Day of Ramadan (Muslim Holiday); first Day of Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year)
16 September - International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
21 September - International Day of Peace
22 September - Yom Kippur (Jewish Day of Atonement)
28 September - Tampa Commemoration Day
29 September - Save the Koala Day
1 October - Labour Day Holiday (SA, NSW & ACT)’s Day; INternational Day for Older Persons; World Habitat Day
5 October - World Teachers’ Day
8-14 October - National Mental Health Week; National Weedbusters Week
9 October - World Post Day
10 October - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction; World Mental Health Day
15-21 October - National Anti-Poverty Week; National Water Week
16 October - World Food Day
17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
20 October - ACT Territory Election
22-28 October - National Refugee Week; National Bird Week
24-28 October - International Disarmament Week
24 October - United Nations Day; World Development Information Day
1 November - World Vegan Day
5-11 National Recycling Week
6 November - International Day for Prevention of the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict; Melbourne Cup Day (Melbourne area only)
15 November - World Philosophy Day
16 November - International Day of Tolerance
18 November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
20 November - Universal Children’s Day; Africa Industrialisation Day
21 November - World Television Day
25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
26 November-2 December - World AIDS Awareness Week
29 November - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1 December - World AIDS Day
2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery; National Ocean Care Day
3 December - International Day of Disabled Persons
5 December - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
7 December - International Civil Aviation Day
9 December - International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December - International Human Rights Day
11 December - International Mountain Day
18 December - International Migrants Day
19 December - United Nations Day for South-South Co-operation
20 December - International Human Solidarity Day; Id al-Adha (Muslim Holiday)
25 December - Christmas Day Holiday
26 December - Boxing Day Holiday; Proclamation Day Holiday (SA)
31 December - New Year’s Eve