Commemorative Dates 1980

Celebrate every moment of 1980! Discover Australia's Seasonal Calendar, featuring all commemorative dates, national holidays, optional days off, and important events in one place.

All Commemorative Dates of 1980

Public Holiday
Optional

January 1980

1 Tue New Year's Day 5 Sat National Whipped Cream Day
5 Sat Sydney Festival 7 Mon Orthodox Christmas
25 Fri Mahayana New Year 26 Sat Australia Day
28 Mon Australia Day (observed) 31 Thu National Hot Chocolate Day

February 1980

2 Sat Groundhog Day 2024 6 Wed Isra and Mi'raj
9 Sat National Pizza Day 12 Tue Royal Hobart Regatta
13 Wed Galentine's Day 14 Thu Valentine's Day
15 Fri Singles Awareness Day 16 Sat National Tim Tam Day
17 Sun Random Acts of Kindness Day 19 Tue Mardi Gras
20 Wed Ash Wednesday

March 1980

1 Sat Autumn 2 Sun Clean Up Australia Day
8 Sat International Women's Day 11 Tue Canberra Day
17 Mon Saint Patrick's Day 20 Thu Autumnal Equinox (Australia)
21 Fri Harmony Day 23 Sun National Chip and Dip Day
23 Sun National Eucalypt Day 26 Wed Purple Day
30 Sun Palm Sunday

April 1980

1 Tue April Fool's Day 2 Wed Autism Awareness Day
4 Fri Good Friday 4 Fri Good Friday 2024
4 Fri Good Friday Appeal 6 Sun Easter Sunday
7 Mon Easter Monday 12 Sat American Civil War
22 Tue Earth Day 25 Fri Anzac Day

May 1980

1 Thu Aussie Wine Month 3 Sat World Press Freedom Day
4 Sun Free Comic Book Day 5 Mon Cinco de Mayo
5 Mon World Laughter Day 11 Sun Mother's Day
12 Mon International Nurses Day 15 Thu Ascension Day
15 Thu International Day of Families 15 Thu National Families Week
18 Sun International Museum Day 20 Tue Whit Monday
21 Wed International Tea Day 21 Wed Shavuot
22 Thu International Day for Biological Diversity 25 Sun Pentecost
27 Tue National Reconciliation Week 28 Wed National Burger Day
31 Sat World No Tobacco Day

June 1980

1 Sun National Meat Pie Day 1 Sun Trinity Sunday
1 Sun Winter 3 Tue Mabo Day
4 Wed National Cheese Day 5 Thu Corpus Christi
5 Thu World Environment Day 6 Fri National Donut Day
6 Fri Queensland Day 8 Sun World Oceans Day
10 Tue Guru Arjan Dev Ji Shaheedi Diwas 16 Mon Ganga Dussehra
16 Mon National Vegemite Day 18 Wed International Sushi Day
20 Fri World Refugee Day 21 Sat International Yoga Day
21 Sat Winter Solstice (Australia) 27 Fri International Pineapple Day

July 1980

7 Mon NAIDOC Week 11 Fri World Population Day
14 Mon Bastille Day 21 Mon National Lamington Day
25 Fri Christmas In July 28 Mon Parents' Day

August 1980

1 Fri Be An Angel Day 4 Mon National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
9 Sat The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 10 Sun Royal Queensland Show Ekka
13 Wed Eid al-Fitr 14 Thu World Lizard Day
16 Sat National Rum Day 19 Tue National Potato Day
23 Sat Daffodil Day

September 1980

1 Mon Spring 1 Mon Wattle Day
3 Wed Australian National Flag Day 3 Wed Flag Day
5 Fri International Day of Charity 7 Sun Father's Day
7 Sun Father's Day 7 Sun Father's Day (Australia)
7 Sun Ganesh Chaturthi 7 Sun National Threatened Species Day
8 Mon International Literacy Day 8 Mon National Bilby Day
10 Wed Bravehearts Day (White Balloon Day) 12 Fri R U OK? Day
17 Wed Australian Citizenship Day 21 Sun International Day of Peace
22 Mon World Car-Free Day 24 Wed World Gorilla Day
27 Sat World Tourism Day 28 Sun AFL Grand Final
28 Sun Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final

October 1980

1 Wed Breast Cancer Awareness Month 1 Wed International Coffee Day
5 Sun Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Australia 5 Sun World Teachers’ Day
10 Fri World Mental Health Day 12 Sun National Science Week
20 Mon Eid al-Adha 25 Sat World Pasta Day
26 Sun Grandparents Day in Australia 31 Fri Halloween

November 1980

1 Sat Movember 4 Tue Melbourne Cup
4 Tue Recreation Day 13 Thu World Kindness Day
16 Sun International Day for Tolerance 20 Thu Universal Children’s Day
30 Sun St Andrew's Day

December 1980

1 Mon Summer 3 Wed Hanukkah
10 Wed Human Rights Day 23 Tue Festivus
24 Wed Christmas Eve 25 Thu Christmas Day
25 Thu Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race 26 Fri Boxing Day
26 Fri Boxing Day 26 Fri Kwanzaa
26 Fri Proclamation Day (South Australia) 31 Wed New Year's Eve