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School Terms & Special Days


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State & Territory Information

  • School Term Dates for 2008
    From the Federal Government, which cover all states and territories.
  • Australian School & Public Holidays [Vacations]
    School terms and major public holidays.
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    Australian Special Days & Public Holidays

    1. Anzac Day :
    2. Australia Day :
    3. General Information :
    4. Other Special Days :

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    International Special Days

    1. April Fool’s Days :
    2. Bastille Day :
    3. Chinese New Year :
    4. Easter :
    5. “Family” Days :
      • Father’s Day
        Send dad an e-card, look at gifts, find history and more. US, so date does not match Australia.
      • Mother’s Day
        The most important person in any family.
    6. General Information :
      • Earth Calendar
        ‘The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. For this web site a “holiday” is any day that recognizes a cultural event.’ Find by date, country or religion or the search engine.
      • KidProj Multicultural Calendar
        See how people celebrate special days and festivals in world countries. There is additional information and you can view in a number of languages.
      • New Year’s Customs Worldwide
        Find customs for New Year from different areas of the world.
    7. Halloween :
      • Halloween
        Links to everything from ‘Pumpkin Patch’ to ‘Postcards’, to ‘Fonts’ and more.
      • Happy Halloween
        Also music and history including information on the Mexican ‘Days of the Dead’.
      • How Halloween Works
    8. Other Special Days :
    9. Religious Days :
      • You should also check the links at the top of the Religions for a more complete listing of religious days, for multiple faiths, throughout the year.
      • Buddha’s Birthday
        The birthday of the leader of one great world religion.
      • Passover
        8 day Jewish commemoration of the exodus from Egypt.
    10. Saint Patrick’s Day :
    11. Valentine’s Day :
    12. “World” Days :
      • International Women’s Day
        Backed by the United Nations, a special day for at least half the world’s population.
      • World AIDS Day
        Learn about the virus, support the cause and find events across Australia.
      • World Diabetes Day
        Well worth noting in light of the dramatic increase of this disease both in Australia and overseas.
      • World Environment Day
        Established by the UN and celebrated on June 5.
      • World Health Day
        A day to celebrate health and help improve health around the world.
      • World NO Tobacco Day
        Find out about the day, but if you smoke, find out how to Quit.
      • World Refugee Day
        ‘On World Refugee Day, let’s not forget that some day in the future any one of us could be knocking at a stranger’s door hoping to find a safe and friendly shelter.’ Celebrated on June 20 each year.

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