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Australia Public Holidays 2026

Explore Australia's national public holidays by year.

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HoliWiki currently lists 25 holiday entries for Australia in 2026. The calendar and date-ordered table below show the available schedule.

2026

Year

Australia AU

Current country/region

Holiday entries

August 3, 2026Picnic Day

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Holiday calendar

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★Statutory holiday◆Adjusted / weekend day off

January 2026

26*

February 2026

March 2026

9****

April 2026

25*

27*

May 2026

4**

June 2026

1**

July 2026

August 2026

September 2026

28*

October 2026

5**

November 2026

December 2026

25*

28*

Holiday list

25 entries

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Tags	Scope	Categories
January 1, 2026	Thursday	New Year's Day	Seasonal & Calendar Family & Social Cultural & Traditional	National	National Public Holidays
January 26, 2026	Monday	Australia Day	National Memorial	National	National Public Holidays
March 2, 2026	Monday	Labour Day	workers National Memorial	Western Australia	Regional Holidays
March 9, 2026	Monday	Canberra Day	National Memorial	Australian Capital Territory	Regional Holidays
March 9, 2026	Monday	Adelaide Cup Day	National Memorial	South Australia	Regional Holidays
March 9, 2026	Monday	Eight Hours Day	National Memorial	Tasmania	Regional Holidays
March 9, 2026	Monday	Labour Day	workers National Memorial	Victoria	Regional Holidays
April 3, 2026	Friday	Good Friday	Religious	National	National Public Holidays
April 4, 2026	Saturday	Holy Saturday	National Memorial	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria	Regional Holidays
April 5, 2026	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Religious	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia	Regional Holidays
April 6, 2026	Monday	Easter Monday	Religious	National	National Public Holidays
April 25, 2026	Saturday	Anzac Day	National Memorial	Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria	Regional Holidays
April 27, 2026	Monday	Anzac Day	National Memorial	New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Western Australia	Regional Holidays
May 4, 2026	Monday	May Day	workers National Memorial	Northern Territory	Regional Holidays
May 4, 2026	Monday	Labour Day	workers National Memorial	Queensland	Regional Holidays
June 1, 2026	Monday	Reconciliation Day	National Memorial	Australian Capital Territory	Regional Holidays
June 1, 2026	Monday	Western Australia Day	National Memorial	Western Australia	Regional Holidays
June 8, 2026	Monday	King's Birthday	National Memorial	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria	Regional Holidays
August 3, 2026	Monday	Picnic Day	National Memorial	Northern Territory	Regional Holidays
September 28, 2026	Monday	King's Birthday	National Memorial	Western Australia	Regional Holidays
October 5, 2026	Monday	Labour Day	workers National Memorial	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia	Regional Holidays
October 5, 2026	Monday	King's Birthday	National Memorial	Queensland	Regional Holidays
November 3, 2026	Tuesday	Melbourne Cup	National Memorial	Victoria	Regional Holidays
December 25, 2026	Friday	Christmas Day	Religious Family & Social Commercial	National	National Public Holidays
December 28, 2026	Monday	Boxing Day	Family & Social Commercial	National	National Public Holidays

Official source and scope

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