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January
Australian
25 Term 1 Begins : NT [Students 27/1]
26 Australia Day
27 Term 1 Begins : NSW, QLD, SA, VIC
28 Term 1 Begins : ACT
International
1 New Years Day
17 World Religion Day
27 Holocaust Memorial Day
31 International Internet Free Day
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February
Australian
1 Term 1 Begins : WA
9 Term 1 Begins : Tas
10 Safer Internet Day
14 Library Lovers Day
26 Sunnies for Sight Day
28 Last Day of Summer
International
6 Waitangi Day [NZ]
14 Chinese New Year
14 Valentine’s Day
16 Shrove Tuesday
17 Ash Wednesday
21 Mother Language Day
26 Mohammed’s Birthday
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March
Australian
1 First Day of Autumn
1 Labour Day : WA
5 School’s Clean Up Day
7 Clean Up Australia Day
8 Adelaide Cup Holiday
8 Eight Hour Day : Tas
8 Labour Day : Vic
13 Catholic Education Week Vic
15 Canberra Day
21 Seniors Week NSW
21 Harmony Day
National Playgroup Week
26 Term 1 Ends : Vic
28 Earth Hour 2010
28 National Youth Week
International
3 Sustainable Energy Day[s]
4 World Book Day
5 World Day of Prayer
8 International Women’s Day
8 Commonwealth Day
17 St Patrick’s Day
20 International Earth Day
21 Autumn Equinox
21 World Home Economics Day
21 World Poetry Day
21 Eliminating Racial Discrimination
22 World Day for Water
27 World Theatre Day
28 Earth Hour 2010
28 World Youth Day
30 Pesach [Passover]
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April
Australian
1 Term 1 Ends : NSW
1 Term 1 Ends : NT
1 Term 1 Ends : Qld
1 Term 1 Ends : SA
1 Term 1 Ends : WA
4 Daylight Savings Ends : ACT/NSW/SA/Tas/Vic
9 Term 1 Ends : ACT
12 Term 2 Begins : NT
12 Term 2 Begins : Qld
12 Term 2 Begins : Vic
19 Term 2 Begins : ACT
19 Term 2 Begins : NSW
19 Term 2 Begins SA
19 Term 2 Begins WA
25 Anzac Day
26 Anzac Day celebrations ACT/WA
International
1 April Fool’s Day
2 International Children’s Book Day
2 Good Friday
4 Easter Sunday
5 Easter Monday
7 World Health Day
22 Earth Day
28 International Guide Dogs Day
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May
Australian
1 Information Awareness Month
3 Labour Day : Qld
3 May Day : NT
Australian Dance Week
9 Mothers Day
National Families Week
10 National Volunteer Week
10 Law Week NSW
10 Law Week SA
10 Law Week WA
10 Law Week Qld
10 Law Week Vic
Health/PE Education Week : Qld
10 Walk Safely to School Day
11 National Literacy/Numeracy Testing
16 Education Week : Vic
17 National Career Development Week
20 The Big Science Competition [Rio Tinto]
Education Week : NSW
National Public Education Week
24 Library & Information Week
26 Australian Schools National Sorry Day
26 National Sorry Day
27 National Reconciliation Week
28 Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea
28 Term 1 Ends : Tas
Queensland Week
31 Last Day of Autumn
International
1 May Day
3 World Press Freedom Day
4 World Asthma Day
8 Red Cross/Red CrescentDay
12 International Nurses Day
17 World Telecommunications Day
18 International Museum Day
29 International UN Peacekeepers Day
31 World No Tobacco Day
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June
Australian
1 First Day of Winter
1 Foundation Day : WA
Education Week : Qld
1 MS Readathon Begins
3 Mabo Day
6 Queensland Day
14 Queen’s Birthday [Not WA]
15 Term 2 Begins : Tas
18 Term 2 Ends : NT
20 Drug Action Week
20 Refugee Week
21 Winter Solstice
25 Term 2 Ends : Qld
25 Term 2 Ends : Vic
25 Red Nose Day
International
5 World Environment Day
8 World Oceans Day
20 World Refugee Day
21 World Music Day
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July
Australian
2 Term 2 Ends : ACT
2 Term 2 Ends : NSW
2 Term 2 Ends : SA
2 Term 2 Ends : WA
4 NAIDOC Week
9 Constitution Day
12 Term 3 Begins : Qld
12 Term 3 Begins : Vic
17 School AIDS Day
19 Term 3 Begins : ACT
19 Term 3 Begins : NSW
19 Term 3 Begins : NT
19 Term 3 Begins : SA
19 Term 3 Begins : WA
22 National Chemistry Week [and Quiz]
31 Schools Tree Day
International
1 International Tartan Day
4 American Independence Day
7 Star Festival/Tanabata : Japan
11 World Population Day
14 Bastille Day
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August
Australian
1 National Tree Day
2 Picnic Day : NT
4 Indigenous Children’s Day
5 Royal Queensland Show
6 Garma Festival : NT
8 Jeans4Genes Day
14 National Science Week
20 Children’s Book Awards
20 40 Hour Famine
20 Freedom Day NT
21 Children’s Book Week
22 Hearing Awareness Week
23 Australian Science Olympiads/Physics
24 Keep Australia Beautiful Week
26 Australian Science Olympiads/Biology
27 Daffodil Day
Wakakirri [Launch]
National Poetry Week
31 Last Day of Winter
31 MS Readathon Ends/Sponsorships Due
Literacy & Numeracy Week
31 Australian Science Olympiads/Chemistry
International
1 Horse’s Birthday
6 Hiroshima Day
9 World Indigenous People’s Day
11 Beginning of Ramadan
12 International Youth Day
13 International Left-Handers Day
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September
Australian
1 First Day of Spring
1 Wattle Day
Adult Learner’s Week
Education Week NT
Dyspraxia Awareness Month
Indigenous Literacy Day
National Reading Day
3 Australian National Flag Day
3 Term 2 Ends : Tas
4 History Week : NSW
5 Fathers Day
5 National Child Protection Week
6 Landcare Week
7 Threatened Species Day
17 Australian Citizenship Day
17 Term 3 Ends : Qld
17 Term 3 Ends : Vic
20 Term 3 Begins : Tas
23 Spring Equinox
24 Term 3 Ends : ACT
24 Term 3 Ends : NSW
24 Term 3 Ends : NT
24 Term 3 Ends : SA
24 Term 3 Ends : WA
24 National Save the Koala Day
27 Queen’s Birthday, WA
International
7 World First Aid Day
8 International Literacy Day
9 Jewish New Year
9 Ramadan Ends
13 Roald Dahl Day
18 Yom Kippur
21 International Day of Peace
22 World Carfree Day
23 Spring Equinox
25 World Heart Day
27 World Tourism Day
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October
Australian
3 Daylight Savings Begins : ACT/NSW/SA/Tas/Vic
4 Schools Orienteering Champs.
4 Labour Day : ACT/NSW/SA
4 Term 4 Begins : NT
4 Term 4 Begins : Qld
4 Term 4 Begins : Vic
8 Melbourne Int. Arts Festival
Earth Science Week
10 National Nutrition Week
11 Term 4 Begins : ACT
11 Term 4 Begins : NSW
11 Term 4 Begins : SA
11 Term 4 Begins : WA
National Safe Schools Week
National Water Week
21 Proclamation Day : WA
Children’s Week
Education Week : WA
Pink Ribbon Day
National Bandanna Day
29 Aust World Teachers Day
International
1 World Day of Older Persons
4 World Animal Day
4 World Space Week
5 World Teachers Day
9 World Post Day
10 World Mental Health Day
14 World Sight Day
16 World Bread Day
16 World Food Day
17 Inter. Day for Eradication of Poverty
24 United Nations Day
24 World Disarmament Week
25 International School Library Day
31 Halloween
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November
Australian
2 Recreation Day : Tas
3 Melbourne Cup Day
6 Australia’s Kindness Day
9 Health/PE Education Week : SA
9 National Recycling Week
11 Remembrance Day
15 National Skin Cancer Action Week
30 Last Day of Spring
International
5 Guy Fawkes Day
8 World Town Planning Day
11 Remembrance Day
13 World Kindness Day
14 World Diabetes Day
16 International Day for Tolerance
19 World Toilet Day
20 Universal Childrens Day
21 World Hello Day
21 World Television Day
30 Computer Security Day
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December
Australian
1 First Day of Summer
3 Eureka Day
10 Queensland’s 150 years
11 School Year Ends : NT/Qld/SA
17 School Year Ends : Tas/WA
18 School Year Ends : ACT/NSW/Vic
21 Summer Solstice
28 Proclamation Day : SA
International
1 World AIDS Day
2 Abolition of Slavery Day
3 Day of Persons with Disabilities
5 International Volunteer Day
10 International Human Rights Day
18 Islamic New Year
25 Christmas Day
26 Boxing Day
31 New Year’s Eve
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