Commemorative Dates 2016
Celebrate every moment of 2016! Discover Australia's Seasonal Calendar, featuring all commemorative dates, national holidays, optional days off, and important events in one place.
January 2016
| 1 | Fri | New Year’s Day | 5 | Tue | Sydney Festival |
| 5 | Tue | National Whipped Cream Day | 7 | Thu | Orthodox Christmas |
| 25 | Mon | Mahayana New Year | 26 | Tue | Australia Day March |
| 31 | Sun | National Hot Chocolate Day | |||
February 2016
| 2 | Tue | Groundhog Day 2024 | 6 | Sat | Isra and Mi'raj |
| 9 | Tue | National Pizza Day | 10 | Wed | Lunar New Year |
| 12 | Fri | Royal Hobart Regatta | 13 | Sat | Galentine's Day |
| 13 | Sat | Mardi Gras | 14 | Sun | Valentine's Day |
| 14 | Sun | Ash Wednesday | 15 | Mon | Singles Awareness Day |
| 16 | Tue | National Tim Tam Day | 17 | Wed | Random Acts of Kindness Day |
March 2016
| 3 | Thu | Clean Up Australia Day | 8 | Tue | International Women's Day |
| 11 | Fri | Canberra Day | 11 | Fri | Adelaide Cup DayApril |
| 17 | Thu | Saint Patrick's Day | 20 | Sun | Autumnal Equinox (Australia) |
| 21 | Mon | Harmony Day | 23 | Wed | National Chip and Dip Day |
| 23 | Wed | National Eucalypt Day | 24 | Thu | Palm Sunday |
| 25 | Fri | Holi | 26 | Sat | Purple Day |
| 29 | Tue | Good Friday Appeal | 29 | Tue | Good Friday 2024 |
April 2016
| 1 | Fri | April Fool's Day | 2 | Sat | Autism Awareness Day |
| 4 | Mon | Eid al-Adha | 9 | Sat | Eid al-Fitr |
| 12 | Tue | American Civil War | 22 | Fri | Earth Day |
| 25 | Mon | Anzac Day June | |||
May 2016
| 1 | Sun | Aussie Wine Month | 3 | Tue | World Press Freedom Day |
| 4 | Wed | Free Comic Book Day | 5 | Thu | Cinco de Mayo |
| 5 | Thu | World Laughter Day | 9 | Mon | Ascension Day |
| 12 | Thu | International Nurses Day | 15 | Sun | International Day of Families |
| 15 | Sun | National Families Week | 18 | Wed | International Museum Day |
| 19 | Thu | Pentecost | 20 | Fri | Whit Monday |
| 21 | Sat | International Tea Day | 22 | Sun | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 25 | Wed | Shavuot | 26 | Thu | Trinity Sunday |
| 27 | Fri | National Reconciliation Week | 28 | Sat | National Burger Day |
| 30 | Mon | Corpus Christi | 31 | Tue | World No Tobacco Day |
June 2016
| 1 | Wed | National Meat Pie Day | 3 | Fri | Mabo Day |
| 3 | Fri | Western Australia Day | 4 | Sat | National Cheese Day |
| 5 | Sun | World Environment Day | 6 | Mon | Queensland Day |
| 7 | Tue | National Donut Day | 8 | Wed | World Oceans Day |
| 10 | Fri | Guru Arjan Dev Ji Shaheedi Diwas | 10 | Fri | Queen's Birthday |
| 10 | Fri | King's BirthdayJuly | 16 | Thu | National Vegemite Day |
| 16 | Thu | Father's Day | 16 | Thu | Ganga Dussehra |
| 18 | Sat | International Sushi Day | 20 | Mon | World Refugee Day |
| 21 | Tue | International Yoga Day | 21 | Tue | Winter Solstice (Australia) |
| 27 | Mon | International Pineapple Day | |||
July 2016
| 1 | Fri | Picnic Day (Northern Territory)August | 7 | Thu | NAIDOC Week |
| 11 | Mon | World Population Day | 14 | Thu | Bastille Day |
| 21 | Thu | National Lamington Day | 25 | Mon | Christmas In July |
| 28 | Thu | Parents' Day | |||
August 2016
| 1 | Mon | Be An Angel Day | 4 | Thu | Sustainable Living Festival (Victoria) |
| 4 | Thu | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day | 5 | Fri | Bank Holiday (New South Wales)December |
| 9 | Tue | The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples | 10 | Wed | Royal Queensland Show Ekka |
| 14 | Sun | World Lizard Day | 16 | Tue | National Rum Day |
| 19 | Fri | National Potato Day | 23 | Tue | Daffodil Day |
September 2016
| 1 | Thu | Father's Day | 1 | Thu | Wattle Day |
| 1 | Thu | Father's Day (Australia) | 3 | Sat | Flag Day |
| 3 | Sat | Australian National Flag Day | 5 | Mon | International Day of Charity |
| 7 | Wed | National Threatened Species Day | 7 | Wed | Ganesh Chaturthi |
| 8 | Thu | International Literacy Day | 8 | Thu | National Bilby Day |
| 10 | Sat | Bravehearts Day (White Balloon Day) | 12 | Mon | R U OK? Day |
| 17 | Sat | Australian Citizenship Day | 21 | Wed | International Day of Peace |
| 22 | Thu | World Car-Free Day | 24 | Sat | World Gorilla Day |
| 27 | Tue | World Tourism Day | 28 | Wed | AFL Grand Final |
| 28 | Wed | Australian Football League (AFL) Grand Final | |||
October 2016
| 1 | Sat | International Coffee Day | 1 | Sat | Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
| 5 | Wed | World Teachers’ Day | 6 | Thu | Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Australia |
| 10 | Mon | World Mental Health Day | 12 | Wed | National Science Week |
| 25 | Tue | World Pasta Day | 27 | Thu | Grandparents Day in Australia |
| 31 | Mon | Halloween | |||
November 2016
| 1 | Tue | Movember | 4 | Fri | Recreation Day |
| 5 | Sat | Melbourne Cup | 13 | Sun | World Kindness Day |
| 16 | Wed | International Day for Tolerance | 20 | Sun | Universal Children’s Day |
| 30 | Wed | St Andrew's Day | |||
December 2016
| 10 | Sat | Human Rights Day | 21 | Wed | Winter Solstice |
| 23 | Fri | Festivus | 24 | Sat | Christmas Eve |
| 25 | Sun | Hanukkah | 25 | Sun | Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race |
| 25 | Sun | Christmas | 25 | Sun | Christmas Day |
| 26 | Mon | Kwanzaa | 26 | Mon | Boxing Day |
| 26 | Mon | Proclamation Day (South Australia) | 31 | Sat | New Year's Eve |