Editing Public holidays in Australia (section)

==Other holidays==
*Every public holiday and Sunday is a bank holiday in [[South Australia]].<ref name="Public Holidays SA"/>
*[[Proclamation Day (South Australia)|Proclamation Day]] is in December in South Australia only.
*[[Canberra Day]] is held on the 2nd Monday in March in the ACT. Prior to 2008, this holiday was celebrated on the 3rd Monday of March.
*[[Melbourne Cup Day]] is held on the first Tuesday of November—the day of the [[Melbourne Cup]]. It was originally observed only in the Melbourne metropolitan area. From 2007 to 2009 in ACT, Melbourne Cup day was also a holiday called "[[Family Day#Australian Capital Territory|Family and Community Day]]". The holiday continued from 2010 to 2017 but no longer coincided with Melbourne Cup day. In Victoria, the Public Holidays Act 1993 (Vic) was amended from 24 September 2008 and made the Melbourne Cup Day holiday applicable in all parts of the state (unless another day is observed in substitute). It also made the holiday applicable to employees covered by [[industrial award|federal awards]].
*[[Recreation Day holiday|Recreation Day]] is the first Monday of November, and celebrated in Northern [[Tasmania]] where Regatta Day is not a holiday.
* [[Royal Hobart Regatta|Regatta Day]] is the second Monday in February, and is celebrated in Southern [[Tasmania]]. Previously it was held on the second Tuesday in February.
*[[Geelong Cup]] Day is held on the fourth Wednesday of October in the city of [[Geelong]], Victoria
*[[Queensland Day]] is celebrated on 6 June each year, but not with a public holiday.
*[[Adelaide Cup]] Day is held on the second Monday in March in South Australia (held in May before 2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/australia/adelaide-cup|title=Adelaide Cup in Australia|website=Timeanddate.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[Western Australia Day]] in Western Australia on the first Monday in June.
*[[Picnic Day (Australian holiday)|Picnic Day]] in the Northern Territory in August, and also May Day
*Tasmania has [[Easter Tuesday]] as a bank holiday (for bank and government employees only).
*New South Wales has the first Monday in August as a bank holiday (for bank employees only).
*Many cities and towns observe local public holidays for their local [[Agricultural Show]].  For example:
**[[Darwin Show]] Day in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] area in late July
**[[Ekka|Royal Queensland Show Day]] in Brisbane area in August<ref name= "pubholqld"/>
**[[Gold Coast Show]] in Gold Coast area in October
**[[Territory Day]] celebrated in the Northern Territory on 1 July while not a designated public holiday, it remains the only Australian public celebration where the public may purchase fireworks for home detonation
*"National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" was a "one off" national public holiday [[Reactions to the death of Elizabeth II|declared]] by the Prime Minister for 22 September 2022 to allow people to pay their respects for the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|death of Queen Elizabeth II]], the longest-reigning [[Australian monarch]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 September 2022 |title=National Day of Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II to be made a public holiday in Australia |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-11/national-day-of-mourning-queen-death-to-be-public-holiday/101427050 |access-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>