The Queen's Official Birthday (King's Official Bi rthday in the reign of a male monarch) is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms (currentl y Queen Elizabeth II) is officially celebrated in those countries and in Fiji, which is now a rep ublic. The date varies as adopted by each Commonwealth country, but is generally around the end of May to the start of June, to coincide with a hi gh probability of fine weather in the Northern Hemisphere f or outdoor ceremonies.
The sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the United Kingdom in 1748. Since then, the date of the king or q ueen's birthday has been determined throughout the British Empire and later the Commonwealth according to either different royal proclamations i ssued by the sovereign or governor or by statute laws passed by the local p arliament. The exact date of the celebration today varies from country to c ountry and except by coincidence does not fall on the day of the monarch's actual bir thday (that of the present monarch being 21 April[1]). In some cases, it is an official public holiday, sometimes coinciding with the celebration of other events. Most Commonwealth realms release a Birthday Honours List at this time.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Royal Queensland Show Day (August 15th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Royal-Queensland-Show-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Royal-Queensland-Show-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Ekka is the annual agricultural show of Qu eensland, Australia. Its formal title is the Royal Queensland Show. It was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition, however it is usua lly shortened to Ekka.
The first show, held between 22-26 Augu st 1876 attracted 17,000 visitors.[1 ] The show was a spin-off from the famous International Ex hibitions being held in Britain and worldwide dating from the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851. During a time when the Ekka was still young, the main purpose of the agricultural show, as its nam e suggests, was to show off many agricultural and industrial exhibits. It w as a chance for people to show off newly invented agricultural and industri al devices such as ultra modern plowing, sowing and harvesting artifacts. C attle and other farm animals were also exhibited during the show, a practic e that remains to this day, the animal nursery is still a place for childre n and adults alike to go and witness all the baby animals in all their glor y. Since its opening, the show has only been cancelled twice, in 1919 throu ghout the time of the Spanish flu pandemic, during this time, the grounds were employed as temporary hospital wards for the sick, and in 1942, due to World War II.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Picnic Day (August 31st, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Picnic-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Picnic-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Picnic Day is a public holiday in the Nort hern Territory of Australia which takes place every year on the first Monda y of August. It was originally declared a public holiday to enable Darwin's railway workers to go to Adelaide River for a picnic.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Labour Day (AU/NSW) (October 5th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Labour-Day-OctM1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Labour-Day-OctM1-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celeb rate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight- hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours fo r recreation, and eight hours for rest.
Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state a nd territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first M onday in October in the Australian Capital Te rritory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Lab our Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the No rthern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:the Queen's Birthday (October 5th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Queens-Birthday-Oct-1M DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Queens-Birthday-Oct-1M-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Queen's Official Birthday (King's Official Bi rthday in the reign of a male monarch) is the selected day on which the birthday of the monarch of the Commonwealth realms (currentl y Queen Elizabeth II) is officially celebrated in those countries and in Fiji, which is now a rep ublic. The date varies as adopted by each Commonwealth country, but is generally around the end of May to the start of June, to coincide with a hi gh probability of fine weather in the Northern Hemisphere f or outdoor ceremonies.
The sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the United Kingdom in 1748. Since then, the date of the king or q ueen's birthday has been determined throughout the British Empire and later the Commonwealth according to either different royal proclamations i ssued by the sovereign or governor or by statute laws passed by the local p arliament. The exact date of the celebration today varies from country to c ountry and except by coincidence does not fall on the day of the monarch's actual bir thday (that of the present monarch being 21 April[1]). In some cases, it is an official public holiday, sometimes coinciding with the celebration of other events. Most Commonwealth realms release a Birthday Honours List at this time.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Melbourne Cup Day (November 3rd, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Melbourne-Cup-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Melbourne-Cup-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race t hat stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races. Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, the eve nt starts at 3pm (daylight saving time) the first Tuesday in November.
< p>The race has been held since 1861 (see li st of Melbourne Cup winners) and was originally held over two miles (ab out 3,218 metres) but following preparation for Austr alia's adoption of the metric system in the 1970s, the current race dis tance of 3,200 metres was established in 1972. This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.31 ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3min.19. 1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3min 16.3sec. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Family Day (November 3rd, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Family-Day-AU DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Family-Day-AU-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Family Day is the name of a public holiday in South Africa , in the Canad ian provinces of Alberta, British Col umbia, Manitoba, and Ontario, in the American states of Arizona and Nevada, in Vanuatu, in Vietnam and (as "Family & Community Day") in the Australian Capit al Territory.
Family & Community Day was celebrated on the fi rst Tuesday of November in 2007, 2008 and 2009, coinciding with the Melbour ne Cup. This public holiday was declared in 2007 under section 3(1)(b) of the Holidays Act 1953 (ACT). It was announced in 2008 that it would cont inue on Melbourne Cup Day in 2008 and 2009. Mr. Andrew Barr, the ACT Minister for Industrial Relations stated the pu rpose of the new public holiday was:
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Christmas Eve (December 24th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Christmas-Eve DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261224 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Christmas-Eve-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Christmas Eve refers to the evening preceding Christmas Day, a < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide" title="Christmas worldwide">widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of N azareth that takes place on December 25.[4] It is a culturally significant celebration for most of the Western world and i s widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day.
One reason celebrations occur on Christmas Eve is because the t
raditional Christian liturgical day starts at sunset,[5] an inheritance from Jewish tradition,[6] which in tur
n is based in the story of creation in Genesis: "And there was evening, and
there was morning – the first day."[7] This liturgical day i
s followed for all days in the Eastern rite[8] and the cu
stom of beginning Christmas celebration (as well as Sunday and the other ma
jor festivals) in the preceding evening is preserved in western Churches th
at have altered the liturgical day to start at midnight, for example the Ro
man Catholic Church.[9] Many churches still ring
their church bells and hold prayers in the evening before holidays; for exa
mple the Nordic Lutheran churches.
Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Cr
9;stesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemora
tion of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6
] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] a
s a religious and cultural holiday by billions of peopl
e around the world. A feast central to the
Ch
ristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.[7]<
/a> Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][11][12] and is an integral part
of the Christmas and holiday season.
The precise year of Jesus' birth, which some histo
rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.[13]
Boxing Day is traditionally a day following Christma s when wealthy people in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a g ift to their servants.[1] Today, Boxing Day is bette r known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on December 26, or the firs t or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations.
In South Africa, Boxing Day w as renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994. In Ireland it is recogn ized as St. Stephen's Day (Irish: Lá Fh&eacut e;ile Stiofáin) or the Day of the Wren (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín). In the Netherla nds, Latvi a, L ithuania, Austria, Germany, Scandinavia and Poland, December 26 is celebrated as the Second Ch ristmas Day.[2]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Proclamation Day (December 26th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Proclamation-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Proclamation-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Proclamation Day is the name of a number of official or unofficial holidays or other anniversaries which commemorate or mark an importa nt proclamation. In some cases it may be the day of, or the anniversary o f, the proclamation of a monarch's accession to the throne. A proclamation day may also celebrate the independence of a country, the end of a war, or the ratification of an important treaty.
Proclamation Day is t he South Australian public holiday that celebrates the procla mation of South Australia as a British province. The proclamation was made by Cap tain John Hindmarsh, beside The Old Gum Tree at Glenelg, on 28 December 1836. The proclamation include d the same protection under the law for the local native population as for the settlers. It is now a public holiday in South Australia, although this hol iday is held on the first otherwise working day after the Christmas Day public holiday (usually 26 December).[1] Formal ceremonies an d celebrations are always held on 28 December.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Australia Day (January 26th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Australia-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270126 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Australia-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Australia Day (previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day, and ANA Day)[1] is the offi cial national day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, the date c ommemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the p roclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern seaboard o f New Holland.[2]
Although it was not known as Australia Day until over a centu ry later, records of celebrations on 26 January date back to 1808, with the first official celebration of the formation of New South Wales hel d in 1818. It is presently an official public holiday in every state and territory of Australia and is marked by the presentation of the Australian of the Year Awa rds on Australia Day Eve, announcement of the Honours List for the Order of Australia and addresses from the Governor-General and Prime Minister. With community festivals, concerts and citizenship ceremonies the day is celebrated in large and small communities and cities around the nation. Au stralia Day has become the biggest annual civic event in Australia.[3]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Shrove Tuesday (February 9th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Shrove-Tuesday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270209 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Shrove-Tuesday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday, Panca ke Day, Mardi Gras, and Fat Tuesday) is the day preceding Ash Wednesday , the first day of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is observed mainly in English speaking countries, [citation needed], but is also observed i n the Philippines and Germany. Shrove Tuesday is linked to Easter, so its date changes on an annual basis.
In most traditions the day is known f or the eating of pancakes before the start of Lent. Pancakes are eaten as t hey are made out of the main foods available, sugar, fat, flour and eggs, t he consumption of which was traditionally restricted during the ritual fasting asso ciated with Lent.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Labour Day (AU/WA) (March 1st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Labour-Day-MarM1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Labour-Day-MarM1-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celeb rate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight- hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours fo r recreation, and eight hours for rest.
Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state a nd territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first M onday in October in the Australian Capital Te rritory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Lab our Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the No rthern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Labour Day (AU/VIC) (March 8th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Labour-Day-MarM2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270308 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Labour-Day-MarM2-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celeb rate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight- hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours fo r recreation, and eight hours for rest.
Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state a nd territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first M onday in October in the Australian Capital Te rritory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Lab our Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the No rthern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Canberra Day (March 15th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Canberra-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270315 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Canberra-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Canberra Day is a public holiday held annually on th e second Monday in March in the Australian Ca pital Territory (ACT) to celebrate the official naming of Canberra. Canberra was named at a ceremony on 12 March 1913 by Lady De nman, the wife of the then Governor-Gen eral Lord Denman. In 2012 Canberra Day falls on 12 March. In 2013 it falls on 11 M arch.[1]
On 3 March 2007, ACT Minister Andrew Barr introduced a bill to chan ge the day of Canberra Day to the second Monday in March so it falls closer more often to the actual birthday of Canberra.[2] Previously it had been held on the third Monday in March.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Good Friday (March 26th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Good-Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Good-Friday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:April 6 (Western)
Good Frida
y (from the senses pious, holy of the word "good"),[1] is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is ob
served during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday pr
eceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Je
wish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Fri
day, Black Friday,[2
Easter (Old Englis
h: Ēostre) or Pas
cha (Greek: Πάσχ&
alpha;, Paskha; Aramaic: פֶּסחא Pasḥa
; from Hebrew: פ&
#1462;ּסַח Pesa
717;)[1
Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in rel ation to the civil calendar. The First Council of Nicaea (325) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the northern hemisphere's vernal equinox.[8] Ecclesiastically, th e equinox is reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the equinox occurs, as tronomically speaking, on 20 March in most years), and the "Full Moon" is n ot necessarily the astronomically correct date. The date of Easter therefor e varies between 22 March and 25 April. Eastern Christianity< /a> bases its calculations on the Julian calendar whose 21 March co rresponds, during the 21st century, to 3 April in the Gregorian c alendar, in which the celebration of Easter therefore varies between 4 April and 8 May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Easter Monday (Western) (March 29th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Easter-Monday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270329 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Easter-Monday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Easter Monday (also known as Egg Nyte) is the day after Eas ter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures, especially Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox cultures. Easter Monday in the R oman Catholic liturgical calendar is th e second day of the octave of Easter Week and analogously i n the Eastern Orthodox Church is the second day of Bright Week.
Forme rly, the post-Easter festivities involved a week of secular cel ebration, but in many places this was reduced to one day in the 19th centur y. Events include egg rolling competitions and, in predominantly Roman Catholic countries, dousing other peopl e with water which traditionally had been blessed with holy water the day bef ore at Easter Sunday Mass and carried home to bless the house and food.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Adelaide Cup Day (April 5th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Adelaide-Cup-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270405 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Adelaide-Cup-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:The Adelaide Cup is a SAJC Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race held in So uth Australia. It is handicap race run over 3,200 metres (two miles) at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide Australia. Total prize money for the race is A$4 00,000.
The cup is held on the second Monday of March since March 200 6. Before 2006 it was held in May. It was first run in 1864, just three yea rs after the Melbourne Cup commenced. The day received public holiday s tatus in 1973 and has become a major social event in South Australia.[1]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:ANZAC Day (April 25th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/ANZAC-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270425 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-ANZAC-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to h onour the members of the Au stralian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I . It now more broadly commemorates all those who died and served in mil itary operations for their countries.[1][2] Anzac Day is also observed in the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tonga. It is no longer ob served as a national holiday in Samoa.
Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the fir st major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.[3] The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occa sions of both Australia and New Zealand,[4] a rare instance o f two sovereign countries not only sharing the same remembrance day, but ma king reference to both countries in its name. When war broke out in 1914, A ustralia and New Zealand had been dominions of the British Empire for thirt een and seven years respectively.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Labour Day (AU/QLD) (May 3rd, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Labour-Day-MayM1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270503 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Labour-Day-MayM1-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celeb rate the economic and social achievements of workers. Labour Day has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight- hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours fo r recreation, and eight hours for rest.
Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state a nd territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first M onday in October in the Australian Capital Te rritory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Lab our Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the No rthern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260610T181525Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Foundation Day (June 7th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Foundation-Day-AU-WA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270607 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Foundation-Day-AU-WA-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Western Australia Day (formerly known as Foundati on Day)[1][2] is a public holiday i n Western Australia, celebrated on the first Monday in June (of ficially on 1 June) to commemorate the founding of the Swan River C olony in 1829. Because of the celebration of Western Australia Day, WA is the only Australian state or territory that does not celebrate the Queen's Birthday Holiday in June; it is held in Se ptember or October instead.
HMS Challenger , under Captain Charles Fremantle, anchored off Garden Island on 25 April 18 29. Fremantle officially claimed the western part of Australia for Britain on 2 May. The merchant vessel Parmelia, with Stirling, other officials and civilian settlers on board, sighted the coast on 1 June. It anchored in Cockburn Sound on 2 June. Another war ship, HMS Sulphur, arrived on 6 June, carrying the Bri tish Army garrison. The Swan River Colony was officially proclaimed by Stirling o n 11 June.
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