Commemorative Dates 1970
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January 1970
| 1 | Thu | New Year's Day | 5 | Mon | National Whipped Cream Day |
| 5 | Mon | Sydney Festival | 7 | Wed | Orthodox Christmas |
| 25 | Sun | Mahayana New Year | 26 | Mon | Australia Day |
| 31 | Sat | National Hot Chocolate Day | |||
February 1970
| 2 | Mon | Groundhog Day | 6 | Fri | Isra and Mi'raj |
| 9 | Mon | National Pizza Day | 10 | Tue | Mardi Gras |
| 11 | Wed | Ash Wednesday | 12 | Thu | Royal Hobart Regatta |
| 13 | Fri | Galentine's Day | 14 | Sat | Valentine's Day |
| 15 | Sun | Singles Awareness Day | 16 | Mon | National Tim Tam Day |
| 17 | Tue | Eid al-Adha | 17 | Tue | Random Acts of Kindness Day |
March 1970
| 1 | Sun | Autumn | 1 | Sun | Clean Up Australia Day |
| 8 | Sun | International Women's Day | 11 | Wed | Canberra Day |
| 17 | Tue | Saint Patrick's Day | 20 | Fri | Autumnal Equinox (Australia) |
| 21 | Sat | Harmony Day | 22 | Sun | Palm Sunday |
| 23 | Mon | National Chip and Dip Day | 23 | Mon | National Eucalypt Day |
| 26 | Thu | Purple Day | 27 | Fri | Good Friday |
| 27 | Fri | Good Friday | 27 | Fri | Good Friday Appeal |
| 29 | Sun | Easter Sunday | 30 | Mon | Easter Monday |
April 1970
| 1 | Wed | April Fool's Day | 2 | Thu | Autism Awareness Day |
| 12 | Sun | American Civil War | 22 | Wed | Earth Day |
| 25 | Sat | Anzac Day | |||
May 1970
| 1 | Fri | Aussie Wine Month | 3 | Sun | World Press Freedom Day |
| 4 | Mon | Free Comic Book Day | 5 | Tue | Cinco de Mayo |
| 5 | Tue | World Laughter Day | 7 | Thu | Ascension Day |
| 10 | Sun | Mother's Day | 12 | Tue | International Nurses Day |
| 15 | Fri | International Day of Families | 15 | Fri | National Families Week |
| 17 | Sun | Pentecost | 18 | Mon | International Museum Day |
| 20 | Wed | Whit Monday | 21 | Thu | International Tea Day |
| 22 | Fri | International Day for Biological Diversity | 24 | Sun | Trinity Sunday |
| 27 | Wed | National Reconciliation Week | 28 | Thu | Corpus Christi |
| 28 | Thu | National Burger Day | 31 | Sun | World No Tobacco Day |
June 1970
| 1 | Mon | National Meat Pie Day | 1 | Mon | Winter |
| 3 | Wed | Mabo Day | 4 | Thu | National Cheese Day |
| 5 | Fri | National Donut Day | 5 | Fri | World Environment Day |
| 6 | Sat | Queensland Day | 8 | Mon | World Oceans Day |
| 10 | Wed | Guru Arjan Dev Ji Shaheedi Diwas | 10 | Wed | Shavuot |
| 16 | Tue | Ganga Dussehra | 16 | Tue | National Vegemite Day |
| 18 | Thu | International Sushi Day | 20 | Sat | World Refugee Day |
| 21 | Sun | International Yoga Day | 22 | Mon | Winter Solstice (Australia) |
| 27 | Sat | International Pineapple Day | |||
July 1970
| 7 | Tue | NAIDOC Week | 11 | Sat | World Population Day |
| 14 | Tue | Bastille Day | 21 | Tue | National Lamington Day |
| 25 | Sat | Christmas In July | 28 | Tue | Parents' Day |
August 1970
| 1 | Sat | Be An Angel Day | 4 | Tue | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day |
| 9 | Sun | The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples | 10 | Mon | Royal Queensland Show Ekka |
| 14 | Fri | World Lizard Day | 16 | Sun | National Rum Day |
| 19 | Wed | National Potato Day | 23 | Sun | Daffodil Day |
September 1970
| 1 | Tue | Spring | 1 | Tue | Wattle Day |
| 3 | Thu | Australian National Flag Day | 3 | Thu | Flag Day |
| 5 | Sat | International Day of Charity | 6 | Sun | Father's Day |
| 6 | Sun | Father's Day | 6 | Sun | Father's Day (Australia) |
| 7 | Mon | Ganesh Chaturthi | 7 | Mon | National Threatened Species Day |
| 8 | Tue | International Literacy Day | 8 | Tue | National Bilby Day |
| 10 | Thu | Bravehearts Day (White Balloon Day) | 12 | Sat | R U OK? Day |
| 17 | Thu | Australian Citizenship Day | 21 | Mon | International Day of Peace |
| 22 | Tue | World Car-Free Day | 24 | Thu | World Gorilla Day |
| 27 | Sun | World Tourism Day | 28 | Mon | AFL Grand Final |
| 28 | Mon | Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final | |||
October 1970
| 1 | Thu | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | 1 | Thu | International Coffee Day |
| 4 | Sun | Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Australia | 5 | Mon | World Teachers’ Day |
| 10 | Sat | World Mental Health Day | 12 | Mon | National Science Week |
| 25 | Sun | Grandparents Day in Australia | 25 | Sun | World Pasta Day |
| 31 | Sat | Halloween | |||
November 1970
| 1 | Sun | Movember | 3 | Tue | Melbourne Cup |
| 4 | Wed | Recreation Day | 13 | Fri | World Kindness Day |
| 16 | Mon | International Day for Tolerance | 20 | Fri | Universal Children’s Day |
| 30 | Mon | Eid al-Fitr | 30 | Mon | St Andrew's Day |
December 1970
| 1 | Tue | Summer | 10 | Thu | Human Rights Day |
| 23 | Wed | Festivus | 23 | Wed | Hanukkah |
| 24 | Thu | Christmas Eve | 25 | Fri | Christmas Day |
| 25 | Fri | Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race | 26 | Sat | Boxing Day |
| 26 | Sat | Boxing Day | 26 | Sat | Kwanzaa |
| 26 | Sat | Proclamation Day (South Australia) | 28 | Mon | Boxing Day (observed) |
| 31 | Thu | New Year's Eve | |||
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