New Year Holiday Australia

New year s day friday 1 january 2021 australia day tuesday 26 january 2021 general principles for payment working on the public holiday.

New year holiday australia. New year s eve events in australia include masquerade balls or parties. All other public holidays such as queen s birthday and labour day are individually declared by the state and territory governments. In many places fireworks at midnight on new year s eve usher in the new year.

New year s eve in australia many australians annually celebrate new year s eve with parties music and other forms of entertainment on december 31. Due to its geographical position close to the international date line australia is one of the first countries in the world to welcome the new year. The event is the biggest and longest running food and wine festival in the country.

New year s eve is the day before new year s day in the gregorian calendar which is used by many australians. Each capital city most towns and many homes put on celebrations to mark the end of one year and the first moments of the next. Our national public holidays are new year s day australia day good friday easter monday anzac day christmas day and boxing day.

Although the day of 31 december new year s eve is not a public holiday it is the day most australians prepare for one of the biggest parties of the year. You can download the public holiday dataset from data gov au.