Dates of significance Resource Library > Dates of significance In this section: Terms Public holidays Dates of recognition or celebration Planning calendar Terms 2021: Term 1: 27 January – 1 AprilTerm 2: 19 April – 25 JuneTerm 3: 12 July – 17 SeptemberTerm 4: 4 October – 17 December Public holidays 2021: 1 January New Year's Day 26 January Australia Day 8 March Labour Day 2 April Good Friday 3 April Easter Saturday 4 April Easter Sunday 5 April Easter Monday 25 April ANZAC Day 14 June Queen’s Birthday TBA Friday before AFL Grand Final 2 November Melbourne Cup 25 December Christmas Day 26 December Boxing Day 27 December Christmas Day Holiday 28 December Boxing Day Holiday Dates of recognition or celebration 2021: 12 February Chinese New Year 20 February World Day of Social Justice 7 March Clean Up Australia Day 8 March International Women’s Day 17 March World Social Work Day 21 March Harmony Day 21 March Cultural Diversity Week begins (until 28 March) 27 March Passover begins (until 3 April) 28 March Neighbour Day 31 March International Transgender Day of Visibility 2 April World Autism Awareness Day 7 April World Health Day 12 April Ramadan commences 22 April Earth Day 2 May Orthodox Easter 8 May Neighbourhood House Week (until 14 May) 11 May Ramadan finishes 12 May Eid al-Fitr 17 May IDAHOBIT - International Day Against Homophobia,Biphobia, Intersexism & Transphobia 17 May National Volunteer Week (until 23 May) 26 May National Sorry Day 27 May Reconciliation Week (until 3 June) 27 May Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea 5 June World Environment Day 14 June Refugee Week (until 20 June) 15 June Elder Abuse Awareness Day 14 June Men’s Health Week (until 20 June) 20 June World Refugee Day 26 June Victorian Youth Week (until 2 July) 14 July NAIDOC Week (until 11 July) 30 July International Day of Friendship 12 August International Youth Day 19 August World Humanitarian Day 1 September Adult Learner’s Week (until 8 September) 6 September Rosh Hashanah beings (until 8 September) 9 September R U OK? Day 15 September Yom Kippur begins (until 16 September) 1 October International Day of Older Persons 10 October World Mental Health Day 17 October Anti-Poverty Week (until 23 October) 29 October National Teacher's Day 31 October Halloween 4 November Diwali 5 November International Volunteer Managers Day 8 November National Recycling Week (until 14 November) 11 November Remembrance Day 20 November Social Inclusion Week (until 28 November) 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Commencement of 16 Days of Activism 28 November Hanukkah begins (ends 6 December) 3 December International Day of People with Disability 5 December International Volunteer Day 10 December Human Rights Day 18 December International Migrants Day Planning calendar The Planning Calendar is designed to help neighbourhood houses map out their year of events and programming. It can also be used to plan your social media schedule. 2021 Planning calendar (word)