Public & Bank Holidays – 2018

Holidays observed in Australia and our offices in Beijing, London and New York during 2018:

Date	Holiday	Location Observed
1 January	New Year's Day	All States and Territories, Beijing, London, New York
15 January	Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.	New York
26 January	Australia Day	All States and Territories
16 February and 19–20 February	Chinese New Year	Beijing
19 February	Washington's Birthday	New York
5 March	Labour Day	Western Australia
12 March	Adelaide Cup Day	South Australia
	Canberra Day	Australian Capital Territory
	Labour Day	Victoria
	Eight Hours Day	Tasmania
30 March	Good Friday	All States and Territories, Beijing, London
31 March	Easter Saturday	All States and Territories (except Tasmania, Western Australia)
1 April	Easter Sunday	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
2 April	Easter Monday	All States and Territories, Beijing, London
3 April	Easter Tuesday	Tasmania (not a state-wide public holiday)
25 April	Anzac Day	All States and Territories
1 May	Labour Day	Beijing
7 May	May Day	Northern Territory
	Early May Bank Holiday	London
	Labour Day	Queensland, Beijing
28 May	Memorial Day	New York
	Reconciliation Day	Australian Capital Territory
	Spring Bank Holiday	London
4 June	Western Australia Day	Western Australia
11 June	Queen's Birthday	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria
	Queen's Birthday and Volunteer's Day	South Australia
18 June	Dragon Boat Festival	Beijing
4 July	Independence Day	New York
6 August	Bank Holiday	New South Wales (not a state-wide public holiday), Australian Capital Territory
	Picnic Day	Northern Territory
15 August	Royal Queensland Show Day	Queensland (Brisbane area only)
27 August	Summer Bank Holiday	London
3 September	Labor Day	New York
24 September	Queen's Birthday	Western Australia
28 September	AFL Grand Final	Victoria
1 October	Labour Day	Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia
	Queen's Birthday	Queensland
	National Day Holiday	Beijing
2–3 October	Golden Week	Beijing
8 October	Columbus Day	New York
6 November	Melbourne Cup Day	Victoria (Melbourne metropolitan area only)
12 November	Veterans Day	New York
22 November	Thanksgiving Day	New York
24 December	Christmas Eve	South Australia (part-day public holiday from 7.00 pm until 12 midnight), Beijing
25 December	Christmas Day	All States and Territories, Beijing, London, New York
26 December	Boxing Day	All States and Territories (excluding South Australia), Beijing, London
	Proclamation Day	South Australia
31 December	New Year's Eve	South Australia and Northern Territory (part-day public holiday from 7.00 pm until 12 midnight)