Commemorative Dates 1981

Celebrate every moment of 1981! Discover Australia's Seasonal Calendar, featuring all commemorative dates, national holidays, optional days off, and important events in one place.

All Commemorative Dates of 1981

Public Holiday
Optional

January 1981

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 1981

2 Mon Groundhog Day 2024 6 Fri Isra and Mi'raj
9 Mon National Pizza Day 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 Random Acts of Kindness Day

March 1981

1 Sun Autumn 1 Sun Clean Up Australia Day
3 Tue Mardi Gras 4 Wed Ash Wednesday
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 23 Mon National Chip and Dip Day
23 Mon National Eucalypt Day 26 Thu Purple Day

April 1981

1 Wed April Fool's Day 2 Thu Autism Awareness Day
12 Sun American Civil War 12 Sun Palm Sunday
17 Fri Good Friday 17 Fri Good Friday 2024
17 Fri Good Friday Appeal 19 Sun Easter Sunday
20 Mon Easter Monday 22 Wed Earth Day
25 Sat Anzac Day

May 1981

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 10 Sun Mother's Day
12 Tue International Nurses Day 15 Fri International Day of Families
15 Fri National Families Week 18 Mon International Museum Day
20 Wed Whit Monday 21 Thu International Tea Day
22 Fri International Day for Biological Diversity 27 Wed National Reconciliation Week
28 Thu Ascension Day 28 Thu National Burger Day
31 Sun World No Tobacco Day

June 1981

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 7 Sun Pentecost
8 Mon Shavuot 8 Mon World Oceans Day
10 Wed Guru Arjan Dev Ji Shaheedi Diwas 14 Sun Trinity Sunday
16 Tue Ganga Dussehra 16 Tue National Vegemite Day
18 Thu Corpus Christi 18 Thu International Sushi Day
20 Sat World Refugee Day 21 Sun International Yoga Day
21 Sun Winter Solstice (Australia) 27 Sat International Pineapple Day

July 1981

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 1981

1 Sat Be An Angel Day 2 Sun Eid al-Fitr
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 1981

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 1981

1 Thu Breast Cancer Awareness Month 1 Thu International Coffee Day
4 Sun Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Australia 5 Mon World Teachers’ Day
9 Fri Eid al-Adha 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 1981

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 St Andrew's Day

December 1981

1 Tue Summer 10 Thu Human Rights Day
21 Mon Hanukkah 23 Wed Festivus
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