| January |
|
Day
|
Date
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Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
Other days of Indigenous or cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Thursday
|
1
|
Gantan-sai (New Years)
- Shinto
|
Mary, Mother of God
- Catholic Christian
Feast of St Basil
- Orthodox Christian
|
New Years Day – Australia wide
|
University closed
|
|
Saturday
|
3
|
|
Vasant Panchami **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
5
|
|
Twelfth Night
- Christian
Goru Gobindh Singh birthday
- Sikh
|
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Tuesday
|
6
|
|
Epiphany
- Christian
Feast of the Theophany
- Orthodox Christian
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day)
- Christian
|
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|
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Wednesday
|
7
|
Nativity of Christ
- Orthodox Christian
|
Ashura * **
- Islam
Ethiopian Christmas
- Rastafarian
|
|
|
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Sunday
|
11
|
|
Mahayana New Year **
- Buddhist
Baptism of Lord Jesus
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
12
|
|
Mahayana New Year
- Buddhist
|
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Tuesday
|
13
|
|
Mahayana New Year
- Buddhist
Maghi
- Sikh
|
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Saturday
|
17
|
|
Blessing of the Animals
- Hispanic Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
18
|
|
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
- Christian
World Religion Day
- Baha’i
|
|
|
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Monday
|
19
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Wellington NZ
Anniversary Day – Southland NZ
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Sunday
|
25
|
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Conversion of St Paul
- Christian
|
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Monday
|
26
|
Chinese New Year
- Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
|
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Australia Day -– Australia wide
Anniversary Day – Auckland NZ
|
University Closed
|
| February |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
1
|
|
Four Chaplains Sunday
- Interfaith
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
2
|
|
Candlemas
- Christian
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
- AnglicanChristian
Imbolc *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Lughnassad *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
Anniversary Day – Nelson NZ
|
|
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Friday
|
6
|
|
|
Waitangi Day – New Zealand
|
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Sunday
|
8
|
|
Triodion begins
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
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Monday
|
9
|
|
Tu B’shvat *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
13
|
|
|
First Anniversary of Apology to the Stolen Generation
|
|
|
Saturday
|
14
|
|
St Valentine's Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
15
|
|
Nirvana Day **
- Buddhist
|
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|
|
Saturday
|
21
|
|
Saturday of Souls
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
22
|
|
Transfiguration Sunday
- Christian
Meatfare Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
23
|
|
Maha Shivaratri **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
24
|
|
St Matthew’s Day
- Christian
Shrove Tuesday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
25
|
|
Ash Wednesday – Lent begins
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
26
|
|
Intercalary Days begin *
- Baha'i
|
|
|
| March |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
1
|
|
Intercalary Days conclude *
- Baha'i
Cheesefare Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
Four Chaplains Sunday
- Christian/Jewish Interfaith
St David of Wales
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
2
|
|
Lent begins – Clean Monday
- Orthodox Christian
|
Labour Day – Western Australia
|
|
|
Sunday
|
8
|
|
Orthodox Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
|
International Women’s Day
|
|
|
Monday
|
9
|
|
Mawlid an Nabi * **
- Islam
Clean Monday
- Orthodox Christian
|
Eight Hours Day – Tasmania
Labour Day – Victoria
Adelaide Cup Day – South Australia
Canberra Day – ACT
Anniversary Day – Taranaki NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
10
|
|
Purim *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
11
|
|
Holi **
- Hindu
Hola Mohala
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
13
|
|
L Ron Hubbard birthday
- Scientology
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
17
|
|
St Patrick's Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
21
|
Naw Ruz (New Year)
- Baha’i
|
Ostara *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Mabon *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
Norouz (New Year)
- Persian/Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
23
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Otago NZ
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
25
|
|
Annunciation of Virgin Mary
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
26
|
|
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranhushtra)
- Zoroastrian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
27
|
|
New Year **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
29
|
|
Passion Sunday **
- Christian
|
|
|
| April |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Friday
|
3
|
|
Ramanavami **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
5
|
|
Palm Sunday
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
7
|
|
Mahavir Jayanti **
- Jain
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
9
|
Pesach (Passover, first day)
- Jewish
|
Theravadin New Year **
- Buddhist
Lord’s Evening Meal
- Jehovah’s Witness Christian
Maundy Thursday
- Christian
Hanuman Jayanti
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
10
|
Pesach (Passover, second day)
- Jewish
Good Friday
- Christian
|
Theravadin New Year
- Buddhist
|
Good Friday -– Australia wide
|
University Closed
|
|
Saturday
|
11
|
|
Theravadin New Year
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
12
|
Easter
- Christian
|
Theravadin New Year
- Buddhist
Palm Sunday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
13
|
|
Easter Monday
- Christian
|
Easter Monday – Australia wide
|
University Closed
|
|
Tuesday
|
14
|
|
Baisakhi
- Sikh
|
Easter Tuesday – Australia wide
|
University Closed
|
|
Wednesday
|
15
|
Pesach (Passover, second last day)
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
16
|
Pesach (Passover, last day)
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
17
|
|
Holy Friday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
18
|
|
Lazarus Saturday
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
19
|
Easter/Pascha
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
21
|
|
Yom HaSho’ah *
- Jewish
First Day of Ridvan * ***
- Baha’i
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
23
|
|
St George’s Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
25
|
|
|
Anzac Day – Australia wide
|
|
|
Thursday
|
30
|
|
St James the Great Day
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
| May |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Friday
|
1
|
|
Beltane *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Samhain *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
2
|
|
Twelfth Day of Ridvan *
- Baha’i
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
4
|
|
|
May Day – Northern Territory
Labour Day – Queensland
|
|
|
Saturday
|
9
|
Buddha Day Visakha Puja Vesak **
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
12
|
|
Lag B’Omer *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
21
|
|
Ascension of Jesus
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
23
|
|
Declaration of the Bab *
- Baha’i
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
26
|
|
|
National Sorry Day
|
|
|
Thursday
|
28
|
|
Ascension of Jesus
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
29
|
Ascension of Baha’u’llah *
- Baha’i
|
Shavuot *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
30
|
|
Shavuot *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
31
|
|
Pentecost
- Christian
Lag B’Omer
- Jewish
|
|
|
| June |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Monday
|
1
|
|
|
Foundation Day – Western Australia
Queen’s Birthday – New Zealand
|
|
|
Sunday
|
7
|
|
Pentecost
- Orthodox Christian
Trinity
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
8
|
|
|
Queen’s Birthday – all except Western Australia
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
9
|
|
St Columba of Iona
- Celtic Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
11
|
|
Corpus Christi
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
14
|
|
All Saints
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
16
|
|
Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
19
|
|
Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Catholic Christian
New Church Day
- Swedenborgian Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
21
|
|
First Nations Day
- Canadian Native People
Litha *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Yule *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
24
|
|
St John the Baptist birth
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
28
|
|
Sts Peter and Paul
- Christian
|
|
|
| July |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
5
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Monday
|
6
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
7
|
|
Asalha Puja Day **
- Buddhist
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
8
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Thursday
|
9
|
|
Martyrdom of the Bab *
- Baha'i
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Friday
|
10
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Saturday
|
11
|
|
St Benedict’s Day
- Catholic Christian
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Sunday
|
12
|
|
|
NAIDOC Week
|
|
|
Monday
|
13
|
|
Ulambana (Obon) **
- Buddhist
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
15
|
|
St Vladimir’s Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
16
|
|
Ethiopian Constitution Day
- Rastafarian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
19
|
|
Lailat al Miraj * **
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
23
|
|
Haile Selassi I birthday
- Rastafarian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
24
|
|
Pioneer Day
- Mormon Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
25
|
|
St James the Great Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
30
|
|
Tisha B’Av *
- Jewish
|
|
|
| August |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Saturday
|
1
|
|
Lammas
- Christian
Fast Day in honour of Holy Mother of Jesus
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
2
|
|
Lughnassad *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Imbloc *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
Fast Day in honour of Holy Mother of Jesus
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
3
|
|
|
Picnic Day – Northern Territory
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
5
|
|
Raksha Bandham **
- Hindu
Lailat al Bara’ah *
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
6
|
|
Transfiguration of the Lord
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
9
|
|
|
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
|
|
|
Friday
|
14
|
|
Krishna Janmashtami **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
15
|
|
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
- Catholic Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
17
|
|
Paryushana **
- Jain
Marcus Garvey birthday
- Rastafarian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
22
|
Ramadan begins * **
- Islam
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
23
|
|
Ganesha Chaturthi **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
25
|
|
Assumption of Virgin Mary
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
29
|
|
Beheading of John the Baptist
- Christian
|
|
|
| September |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Tuesday
|
1
|
|
Ecclesiastical Year begins
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
8
|
|
Nativity of Mary
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
11
|
|
Ethiopian New Years Day
- Rastafarian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
14
|
|
Elevation of the Life Giving Cross
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
16
|
|
Lailat al Kadr * **
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
19
|
Rosh Hashanah *
- Jewish
|
Navaratri **
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
20
|
Rosh Hashanah *
- Jewish
Eid al Fitr * ** Ramadan ends
- Islam
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
21
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
22
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
Mabon *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Ostara *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
23
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
24
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
25
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
26
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
27
|
|
Navaratri
- Hindu
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
28
|
Yom Kippur *
- Jewish
|
Dasera **
- Hindu
|
Queen’s Birthday – Western Australia
Anniversary Day – Canterbury South NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
29
|
|
Michael and All Angels
- Christian
|
|
|
| October |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Saturday
|
3
|
Sukkot *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
4
|
Sukkot *
- Jewish
|
St Francis Day
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
5
|
|
|
Labour Day – NSW, ACT and South Australia
|
|
|
Saturday
|
10
|
Shemini Atzeret *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
11
|
Simchat Torah *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
12
|
|
Thanksgiving
- Interfaith Canada
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
17
|
|
Diwali (Deepavali) **
- Hindu, Jain
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
20
|
|
Birth of the Bab *
- Baha'i
Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
23
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Hawkes Bay NZ
|
|
|
Sunday
|
25
|
|
Reformation Day
- Protestant Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
26
|
|
|
Labour Day – New Zealand
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
28
|
|
Milvian Bridge Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
31
|
|
All Hallows Eve
- Christian
|
|
|
| November |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
1
|
|
All Saints’ Day
- Christian
Samhain *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Beltane *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
2
|
|
All Souls’ Day
- Catholic Christian
Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday
- Sikh
Anniversary of the Coronation of Haile Selassie
- Rastafarian
|
Anniversary Day – Marlborough NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
3
|
|
|
Melbourne Cup Day - Melbourne
|
|
|
Thursday
|
12
|
|
Birth of Baha'u'llah *
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
13
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Canterbury NZ
|
|
|
Sunday
|
15
|
|
Nativity Fast begins (until 24 December)
- Orthodox Christian
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
22
|
|
Christ the King
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
24
|
|
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom
- Sikh
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
25
|
|
Hajj *
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
26
|
|
Hajj
- Islam
Waqf al Arafa Hajj Day * **
- Islam
Thanksgiving
- Interfaith USA
Day of the Covenant *
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
27
|
Eid al Adha * **
- Islam
|
Hajj
- Islam
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
28
|
|
Hajj
- Islam
Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha *
- Baha'i
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
29
|
|
First Sunday of Advent
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
30
|
|
St Andrew’s Day
- Christian
|
Anniversary Day – Chatham Islands NZ
|
|
| December |
|
Day
|
Date
|
Days of strict religious observance
|
Other religious days of significance
|
National Days and other days of cultural significance
|
MonashUniversityholidays
|
|
Sunday
|
6
|
|
St Nicholas Day
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
7
|
|
|
Anniversary Day – Westland NZ
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
8
|
|
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) **
- Buddhist
Immaculate Conception
- Catholic Christian
|
|
|
|
Saturday
|
12
|
|
Feast Day: Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Catholic Christian
Advent Fast begins
- Orthodox Christian
Hanukkah begins *
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Sunday
|
13
|
|
Hanukkah
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Monday
|
14
|
|
Hanukkah
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Tuesday
|
15
|
|
Hanukkah
- Jewish
|
|
|
|
Wednesday
|
16
|
|
Hanukkah
- Jewish
Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Thursday
|
17
|
|
Hanukkah
- Jewish
Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
|
|
|
|
Friday
|
18
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Hanukkah
- Jewish
Hijra New Year * **
- Islam
Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Saturday
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19
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Hanukkah
- Jewish
Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Sunday
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20
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Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Monday
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21
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Yule *
- Wicca (Northern hemisphere)
Litha *
- Wicca (Southern hemisphere)
Yule
- Christian
Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Tuesday
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22
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Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Wednesday
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23
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Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Thursday
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24
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Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Friday
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25
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Christmas *
- Christian
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Posadas Navidenas
- Christian
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Christmas Day – Australia wide
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University Closed
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Saturday
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26
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Zarathosht Diso - (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra)
- Zoroastrian
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Boxing Day – all except South Australia
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University Closed
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Sunday
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27
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Ashura *
- Islam
Feast of the Holy Family
- Catholic Christian
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University Closed
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Monday
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28
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Holy Innocents
- Christian
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Proclamation Day – South Australia
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University Closed
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Wednesday
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31
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Watch Night
- Christian
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New Year's Eve
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University Closed
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Begins at sunset on the previous day
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**
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Local customs may vary this day
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Ridvan Baha'i commemoration of the twelve day period in 1863 when Baha'u'llah declared that He was God's Messenger for this age. Work is to be suspended on days 1, 9, and 12 of the festival.
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