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A Labour Day is observed in each state and territory, although it is varied in date. There are two significant national days, Australia Day (26 January) and Anzac Day (25 April), which are nationwide public holidays. When a public holiday occurs on a Friday or Monday, the three-day period is colloquially known as a "long weekend".
In Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC Day is a public holiday on 25 April. In 2000 and 2011, this created a five-day weekend over Easter: in 2000, Easter Monday fell on 24 April, with the following Tuesday, 25 April, then being ANZAC Day; in 2011, ANZAC Day and Easter Monday coincided on Monday 25 April, which led to a substitute public holiday ...
First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street, 25 April 1916. The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916; [26] in that year, it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, New Zealand and London. [27] In New Zealand, it was gazetted as a half-day holiday.
January 14, 2017 2.69 The Birthday Wish (W) Jessy Schram and Luke Macfarlane: Peter DeLuise: January 21, 2017 2.44 Love Locks (HHoF) Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell: Martin Wood: January 28, 2017 2.24 Walking the Dog (CtVD) Jennifer Finnigan and Samuel Page: Gary Harvey: February 4, 2017 2.45 A Dash of Love (CtVD) Jen Lilley and Brendan Penny
2016 (Wednesday) 2015 (Monday) 2014 (Sunday) August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.
2016 (Thursday) 2015 (Wednesday) January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years ).
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. [2] In present-day Australia, the government Australia Day Council organises ...
The Singles' Day ( simplified Chinese: 光棍节; traditional Chinese: 光棍節) or Double 11 ( simplified Chinese: 双11; traditional Chinese: 雙11 ), originally called Bachelors' Day, is a Chinese unofficial holiday and shopping season that celebrates people who are not in a relationship. The date, 11 November (11/11), was chosen because ...