| 2008 Year of |
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| International Year of Languages 2008 |
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| International Year of Sanitation 2008 |
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| International Year of the Potato 2008 |
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| International Year of the Reef 2008 |
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| Chinese Year of the Rat 2008 |
7 February 2008 - 25 January 2009 |
| Year of the Scout 2008 |
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| Year of Physical Activity 2008 - QLD |
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January |
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Fast of Tevet |
6 January |
Hijrah or Muharram (Islamic New Year) |
10 January |
Ashura (Islamic Day) |
19 January |
World Religion Day |
20 January |
Tu Bishvat |
22 January |
Australia Day |
26 January |
International Internet-Free Day |
27 January |
Holocaust Memorial Day |
27 January |
New Zealand Term One starts |
29 January |
Bilby Awards nominations open - QLD |
29 January |
Term One starts - NSW, QLD, SA, VIC |
29 January |
Term One starts - NT |
30 January |
Premier's Reading Challenge starts - VIC |
30 January |
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February |
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Term One starts - ACT |
1 February |
Premier's Reading Challenge starts - NSW |
1 February |
World Wetlands Day |
2 February |
Hedgehog Day / Groundhog Day |
2 February |
Term One starts - WA |
4 February |
Premier's Reading Challenge starts - SA |
4 February |
National Pancake Day |
5 February |
Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Tuesday |
5 February |
Ash Wednesday |
6 February |
Waitangi Day |
6 February |
Chinese New Year |
7 February |
Nirvana Day (Buddhism) |
8 February |
International Duchenne Awareness Week |
10 February |
Premier's Summer Reading Challenge ends - WA |
11 February |
Random Acts of Kindness Week |
11 February |
Safer Internet Day |
12 February |
National Servicemen's Day |
14 February |
Library Lovers Day |
14 February |
YABBA shortlist nominations open - VIC |
14 February |
Term One starts - TAS |
14 February |
St. Valentine's Day |
14 February |
Galileo's Birthday |
15 February |
Organ Donor Awareness Week |
17 February |
Scholastic Book Fair - NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA |
21 February |
International Mother Language Day |
21 February |
National Sunnies for Sight Day |
29 February |
Last day of Summer |
29 February |
KOALA Awards nomination kits sent to schools - NSW |
29 February |
Schools Clean Up Day |
29 February |
Sydney Harbour Week - NSW |
29 February |
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March |
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Australian Women's History Month |
March |
First Day of Autumn |
1 March |
Premier's Reading Challenge registrations open - NSW |
1 March |
St. David's Day |
1 March |
National Seaweek |
2 March |
Clean Up Australia Day |
2 March |
Labour Day - WA |
3 March |
Girls' Day - Japan |
3 March |
World Book Day |
6 March |
Victorian School Sports Awards |
7 March |
World Day of Prayer |
7 March |
International Women's Day |
8 March |
Catholic Education Week - VIC |
9 March |
Labour Day (8 hour day) - TAS |
10 March |
Adelaide Cup Public Holiday - SA |
10 March |
Orthodox Easter Preparations Begin |
10 March |
Commonwealth Day: Celebrating Diversity |
10 March |
International Brain Awareness Week |
10 March |
Ride2School Day - VIC |
12 March |
Coeliac Awareness Week |
13 March |
YABBA shortlist nominations close - VIC |
14 March |
International Pi Day |
14 March |
Ides of March |
15 March |
Canberra Day |
17 March |
St. Patrick's Day |
17 March |
Celebrate our Cultural Diversity Week - VIC |
17 March |
St. Joseph's Day |
19 March |
National Youth Tobacco Free Day |
19 March |
Fast of Esther |
20 March |
Milad al-Nabi (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad) |
20 March |
Autumn Equinox |
20 March |
Sun-Earth Day |
20 March |
Term One ends - VIC |
20 March |
Good Friday |
21 March |
Harmony Day |
21 March |
Purim |
21 March |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
21 March |
World Down Syndrome Day |
21 March |
World Forestry Day |
21 March |
World Home Economics Day |
21 March |
World Poetry Day |
21 March |
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination |
21 March |
World Water Day |
22 March |
Palaeontology Week -SA |
22 March |
World Meteorological Day |
23 March |
Easter Sunday |
23 March |
Easter Monday |
24 March |
World TB Day |
24 March |
World Theatre Day |
27 March |
edna workshop - WA |
28 March |
KOALA Awards nomination close - NSW |
28 March |
Law Week- NSW |
30 March |
Daylight Savings ends - WA |
30 March |
Health and Physical Education Week - QLD |
31 March |
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April |
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April Fool's Day |
1 April |
Smile Day |
1 April |
ThinkQuest Competition - Entries Due |
2 April |
International Childrens' Book Day |
2 April |
The Rio Tinto Big Science competition - registrations close |
4 April |
Bilby Awards nominations close- QLD |
4 April |
Term One ends - NT, QLD |
4 April |
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine
Action |
4 April |
Wakakirri Registration |
4 April |
National Youth Week |
5 April |
National Trust Heritage Festival – NSW |
5 April |
edna workshop – SA |
5 April |
Arthritis Awareness Week |
6 April |
Daylight Savings ends - ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC |
6 April |
Seniors Week - NSW |
6 April |
Term Two starts - VIC |
7 April |
World Health Day |
7 April |
Term One ends - ACT, NSW, SA, WA |
11 April |
Term Two starts - NT, QLD |
14 April |
YABBA start reading shortlisted books - VIC |
14 April |
Fast of the Firstborn |
17 April |
Wish Day 2008 |
18 April |
New Zealand Term One ends |
18 April |
Pesach (Passover) |
20 April |
Global Campaign for Education Action Week |
21 April |
Bilby Awards voting opens - QLD |
21 April |
Creativity and Innovation Day |
21 April |
Earth Day |
22 April |
World Book and Copyright Day |
23 April |
St. George's Day |
23 April |
Global Youth Service Day |
25 April |
Orthodox Holy Friday |
25 April |
Anzac Day |
25 April |
Orthodox Holy Saturday |
26 April |
World T'ai Chi & QiGong Day (World Healing Day) |
26 April |
Orthodox Easter Sunday |
27 April |
International Day of the Dog |
27 April |
National Playgroup Week |
27 April |
Term Two Starts - ACT, NSW, SA |
28 April |
Term Two Starts - WA |
29 April |
International Dance Day |
29 April |
International Guide Dog Day |
30 April |
World's Biggest Playgroup Day |
30 April |
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May |
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fit4fun Month - QLD |
May |
Information Awareness Month |
May |
Jelly Baby Month |
May |
Mother Goose Day |
1 May |
May Day |
1 May |
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) |
2 May |
Walk Safely To School Day |
2 May |
edna workshop - QLD |
1 May |
Starlight Day |
2 May |
Fair Trade Fortnight |
3 May |
World Press Freedom Day |
3 May |
Saltwatch Week |
4 May |
National Orienteering Day |
4 May |
Skip a Treat for Save the Children Week |
4 May |
National Heart Week |
4 May |
Australian Dance Week |
5 May |
Boys' Day - Japan |
5 May |
Saltwatch Week - VIC |
5 May |
May Day - NT |
5 May |
Labour Day - QLD |
5 May |
International Midwives Day |
5 May |
New Zealand Term Two starts |
5 May |
World Asthma Day |
6 May |
Yom HaZikaron |
7 May |
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day |
8 May |
Yom HaAtzma'ut (Israel Independence Day) |
8 May |
National Coin for a Cord Day |
9 May |
Jump Rope for Heart |
9 May |
World Lupus Day |
10 May |
Law Week- SA |
11 May |
Law Week - WA |
11 May |
Mother's Day |
11 May |
National Families Week |
11 May |
National Volunteer Week |
12 May |
International Nurses Day |
12 May |
Law Week - VIC |
12 May |
National Literacy and Numeracy Testing |
13 May |
International Day of Families |
15 May |
National Loud Shirt Day |
16 May |
Plane Crazy Day |
16 May |
KOALA Awards voting kits sent to schools - NSW |
16 May |
History Week - SA |
16 May |
World Information Society Day |
17 May |
Education Week - VIC |
18 May |
International Museum Day |
18 May |
Simply Sharing Week |
18 May |
Million Paws Walk |
18 May |
Financial Planning Week |
19 May |
Australian Library and Information Week |
19 May |
Vesak/Wesak Buddha Day |
20 May |
National Simultaneous Storytime |
21 May |
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
21 May |
Australia's Biggest Morning Tea |
22 May |
International Day for Biological Diversity |
22 May |
The Rio Tinto Big Science competition day |
22 May |
World Turtle Day |
23 May |
65 Roses Day |
23 May |
National Mathematics Day |
23 May |
Lag B'Omer |
23 May |
Under Eights Week - QLD |
23 May |
Kidney Health Awareness Week |
24 May |
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self Governing
Territories |
25 May |
African Liberation Day |
25 May |
National Public Education Week |
26 May |
Australian Schools National Sorry Day |
26 May |
Education Week - NSW |
26 May |
National Reconciliation Week |
27 May |
National Public Education Day |
29 May |
ThinkQuest Competition - Winners Announced |
29 May |
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers |
29 May |
Odd Socks Day |
30 May |
Term One ends - TAS |
30 May |
Last day of Autumn |
31 May |
World No Tobacco Day |
31 May |
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June |
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Renal Awareness Month |
June |
MS Readathon - Start Reading |
1 June |
First day of Winter |
1 June |
Kids Day |
1 June |
Queensland Week |
1 June |
Foundation Day Public Holiday - WA |
2 June |
Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) |
2 June |
Sydney Children's Hospital Gold Week (NSW) |
2 June |
National Career Development Week |
2 June |
Mabo Day |
3 June |
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression |
4 June |
World Environment Day |
5 June |
Healthy Harold Day |
6 June |
Queensland Day |
6 June |
World Oceans Day |
8 June |
Queen's Birthday Holiday - exc WA |
9 June |
Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) |
9 June |
International Men's Health Week |
9 June |
World Day Against Child Labour |
12 June |
World Blood Donor Day |
14 June |
Refugee Week |
15 June |
Term Two starts - TAS |
16 June |
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
17 June |
Scholastic Book Fair - NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA |
19 June |
World Refugee Day |
20 June |
Bilby Awards voting closes - QLD |
20 June |
Term Two ends - NT |
20 June |
Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) |
21 June |
World Music Day |
21 June |
Omer Period |
21 June |
Drug Action Week |
22 June |
United Nations Public Service Day |
23 June |
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
26 June |
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
26 June |
Australian Science Olympiads - Registrations Close |
27 June |
Red Nose Day |
27 June |
Term Two ends - QLD, VIC |
27 June |
MS Readathon - Finish Reading |
30 June |
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July |
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New Zealand Term Two ends |
4 July |
American Independence Day - 4th of July |
4 July |
Term Two ends - ACT, NSW, SA, WA |
4 July |
International Day of Cooperatives |
5 July |
NAIDOC Week |
6 July |
Star Festival - Japan |
7 July |
World Population Day |
11 July |
National Diabetes Week |
13 July |
Bastille Day |
14 July |
Term Three starts - QLD, VIC |
14 July |
World Youth Day |
15 July |
Schools AIDS Day |
17 July |
Wee Week |
20 July |
Fast of Tammuz |
20 July |
edna workshop - TAS |
21 July |
New Zealand Term Three starts |
21 July |
Term Three starts - ACT, NSW, NT, SA |
21 July |
Term Three starts - WA |
22 July |
Croc Festival - Weipa QLD |
22 July |
Wakakirri - official launch |
24 July |
Australian National Chemistry Quiz |
24 July |
Schools Tree Day |
25 July |
System Administrator Appreciation Day |
25 July |
National Tree Day |
27 July |
edna workshop - NSW |
29 July |
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August |
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Jamm 4 Genes Day |
1 August |
Jeans 4 Genes Day |
1 August |
Horses' Birthday |
1 August |
International Clown Week |
1 August |
World Breast Feeding Week |
1 August |
National Family History Week |
2 August |
International Friendship Day |
3 August |
National Healthy Bones Week |
3 August |
National Aboriginal & Islander Children's Day |
4 August |
Bank Holiday - ACT, NSW |
4 August |
Picnic Day - NT |
4 August |
Dental Health Week |
4 August |
Energy Safety Week - QLD, SA, VIC |
4 August |
National Homeless Persons' Week |
4 August |
Hiroshima Day |
6 August |
Mary MacKillop's Day |
8 August |
International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
9 August |
Fast of Tisha B'Av |
10 August |
Croc Festival - North WA |
12 August |
International Youth Day |
12 August |
International Left-Handers' Day |
13 August |
Obon - Japan |
13 August |
40 Hour Famine |
15 August |
Children's Book of the Year Awards Announcement |
15 August |
Children's Book Week: Fuel Your Mind |
16 August |
Australian Science Festival - ACT |
16 August |
National Science Week |
16 August |
National Glaucoma Week |
17 August |
Vietnam Veterans Day |
18 August |
Croc Festival - Midwest WA |
19 August |
Australian Science Olympiads - National Qualifying Exam for
Physics |
20 August |
Be An Angel Day |
22 August |
Daffodil Day |
22 August |
Hearing Awareness Week |
24 August |
Keep Australia Beautiful Week |
25 August |
Privacy Awareness Week |
25 August |
Australian Science Olympiads - National Qualifying Exam for
Biology |
27 August |
MS Readathon - Sponsorship Due |
30 August |
Last day of Winter |
31 August |
Refugee and Migrant Sunday |
31 August |
Premier's Reading Challenge finishes - VIC |
31 August |
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September |
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National Biodiversity Month |
September |
National Dyspraxia Awareness Month |
September |
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month |
September |
Save the Koala Month |
September |
Water Safety Month - NT |
September |
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Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Week - SA |
1 September |
Beginning of Ramadan |
1 September |
First day of Spring |
1 September |
Wattle Day |
1 September |
Premier's Reading Challenge finishes - NSW |
1 September |
Landcare Week |
1 September |
Education Week - NT |
1 September |
National Literacy & Numeracy Week |
1 September |
Adult Learners' Week |
1September |
Tiwest Night-stalk |
1 September |
Croc Festival - Port Augusta SA |
2 September |
Australian National Flag Day |
3 September |
National Reading Day |
3 September |
Australian Science Olympiads - National Qualifying Exam for
Chemistry |
3 September |
Fred Hollows Foundation Day |
3 September |
National Reading Day |
3 September |
Indigenous Literacy Day |
3 September |
World's Largest Lesson |
3 September |
Term Two ends - TAS |
5 September |
Biliby Awards winners announced - QLD |
5 September |
Premier's Reading Challenge Finishes - SA |
5 September |
History Week - NSW |
6 September |
Father's Day |
7 September |
National Child Protection Week |
7 September |
National Grandparents Day - US |
7 September |
National Threatened Species Day |
7 September |
International Literacy Day |
8 September |
World First Aid Day |
8 September |
Scholastic Book Fair - QLD, VIC |
11 September |
Roald Dahl Day |
13 September |
National Sustainable House Day |
13 September |
Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival |
14 September |
Great Australian Bushwalk |
14 September | |
