Australian

  1   First Day of Autumn

  2   Clean Up Australia Day

  3   Labour Day : WA

10   Adelaide Cup Holiday

10   Eight Hour Day : Tas

10   Labour Day : Vic

17   Canberra Day

20   Term 1 Ends : Vic

29   Earth Hour 2008

30   Law Week NSW

31   Health/PE Education Week : Qld

International

  5   Sustainable Energy Day

  6   World Book Day

  7   World Day of Prayer

  8   International Women’s Day

10   Commonwealth Day

17   St Patrick’s Day

20   Mohammed’s Birthday

20   Earth Day

20   Autumn Equinox

21   Good Friday

21   World Home Economics Day

21   World Poetry Day

21   Eliminating Racial Discrimination

22   World Day for Water

23   Easter Sunday

24   Easter Monday

27   World Theatre Day

29   Earth Hour 2008

Australian

  4   Term 1 Ends
           NT/Qld

  5   National Youth Week

  6   Daylight Savings Ends
           ACT/NSW/SA/Tas/Vic

  7   Term 2 Begins : Vic

11   Term 1 Ends
           ACT/NSW/SA/WA

14   Term 2 Begins
           NT/Qld

25   Anzac Day

28   Term 2 Begins
           ACT/NSW/SA/WA

29   Term 2 Begins : WA

International

  1   April Fool’s Day

  1   World Youth Day

  2   Thinkquest Entries Close

  2   Int. Children’s Book Day

  7   World Health Day

20   Pesach [Passover]

22   Earth Day

30   International Guide Dogs Day

Australian

  1   Back to School Month

  2   Walk Safely to School Day

  5   Labour Day : Qld

  5   May Day : NT

  5   Australian Dance Week

11   National Families Week

11   Mothers Day

11   Law Week SA

11   Law Week WA

12   Law Week Qld

12   Law Week Vic

13   Nat. Literacy/Numeracy Testing

14    National Volunteer Week

18   Education Week : Vic

19   Library & Information Week

22   Aust. Biggest Morning Tea

**   Nat. Safe Schools Week

26   Education Week : NSW

26   Nat. Public Education Wk

26   National Sorry Day

26   Education Week : Qld

27   National Reconciliation Week

30   Term 1 Ends : Tas

31   Last Day of Autumn

International

  1   May Day

  3   World Press Freedom Day

  6   World Asthma Day

  8   Red Cross/Red CrescentDay

12   International Nurses Day

17   World Telecommunications Day

18   International Museum Day

29   Int. UN Peacekeepers Day

29   Thinkquest Winners Announced

31   World No Tobacco Day

Australian

  1   First Day of Winter

  1   MS Readathon Begins

  1   Queensland Week

  2   Foundation Day : WA

  2   Mabo Day

  3   Nat. Career Development Week

  6   Queensland Day

  9   Queen’s Birthday Not WA

15   Refugee Week

16   Term 2 Begins : Tas

20   Term 2 Ends : NT

21   Winter Solstice

22   Drug Action Week

27   Aust. Science Olympiads

27   Term 2 Ends
           Qld/Vic

27   Red Nose Day

30   MS Readathon Ends

International

  5   World Environment Day

  8   World Oceans Day

20   World Refugee Day

21   World Music Day

Australian

  4   Term 2 Ends
           ACT/NSW/SA/WA

  6   NAIDOC Week

  9   Constitution Day

13   Diabetes Week

14   Term 3 Begins
           Qld/Vic

17  School AIDS Day

21   Term 3 Begins
           ACT/NSW/NT/SA/WA

22   Term 3 Begins : WA

24   National Chemistry Week

24   Wakakirri [Launch]

25   Schools Tree Day

27   National Tree Day

International

  1   International Tartan Day

  4   American Independence Day

  7   Star Festival/Tanabata : Japan

11   World Population Day

14   Bastille Day

15   World Youth Day

Australian

  1   Jeans4Genes Day

  4   Dental Health Week

  4   Indigenous Children’s Day

  4   Picnic Day : NT

  7   Royal Queensland Show

15   Children’s Book Awards

15   40 Hour Famine

16   Children’s Book Week

18   National Science Week

20   Aust. Science Olympiads/Physics

22   Daffodil Day

23   Freedom Day NT

24   Hearing Awareness Week

25   Keep Australia Beautiful Week

27   Aust. Science Olympiads/Biology

27   National Poetry Week

30   MS Readathon/Sponsorships Due

31   Last Day of Winter

International

  1   Horse’s Birthday

  6   Hiroshima Day

  8   Beijing Olympics

  9   World Indigenous People’s Day

12   International Youth Day

13   Int. Left-Handers Day

Australian

  1   Adult Learner’s Week

  1   Education Week NT

  1   First Day of Spring

  1   Dyspraxia Awareness Week

  1   Landcare Week

  1   Literacy & Numeracy Week

  1   Wattle Day

  3   Australian National Flag Day

  3   Aust. Science Olympiads - Chem.

  3   Indigenous Literacy Day

  5   National Reading Day

  5   Term 2 Ends : Tas

  6   History Week : NSW

  7   Fathers Day

  7   Nat. Child Protection Week

  7   Threatened Species Day

17   Australian Citizenship Day

19   Term 3 Ends
           Qld/Vic

22   Term 3 Begins : Tas

23   Schools Orienteering Champs.

23   Spring Equinox

26   Term 3 Ends
           ACT/NSW/NT/SA/WA

26   National Save the Koala Day

29    Queen’s Birthday, WA

International

  2   Beginning of Ramadan

  6   Paralympic Games

  8   International Literacy Day

  8   World First Aid Day

13   Roald Dahl Day

21   International Day of Peace

23   Spring Equinox

27   World Maritime Day

28   World Heart Day

30   Jewish New Year

Australian

  5   Daylight Savings Begins
           ACT/NSW/SA/Tas/Vic

  6   Labour Day
           ACT/NSW/SA

  6   Term 4 Begins
           NT/Qld/Vic

  9   Melbourne Int. Arts Festival

12   Earth Science Week

12   National Nutrition Week

13   Term 4 Begins
           ACT/NSW/SA/WA

18   Children’ Week

19   National Water Week

**   Education Week : WA

26   Daylight Savings Begins : WA

27   Pink Ribbon Day

31   National Bandanna Day

31   Aust World Teachers Day

International

  1   Ramadan Ends

  1   World Day of Older Persons

  4   World Animal Day

  4   World Space Week

  5   World Teachers Day

  *   Global Learn Day

  9   World Post Day

  9   Yom Kippur

  9   World Sight day

10   World Mental Health Day

16   World Bread Day

16   World Food Day

24   United Nations Day

24   World Disarmament Week

27   International School Library Day

31   Halloween