Events
FEBRUARY |
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5 February |
Chinese New Year |
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11 February |
International Day of Women and Girls in Science |
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13 February |
National Apology Day |
MARCH |
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8 March |
International Women’s Day |
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21 March |
Harmony Day |
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21 March |
National Close the Gap Day |
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31 March |
International Transgender Day of Visibility |
MAY |
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6 May |
Ramadan starts |
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17 May |
IDAHOBT Day |
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20 May |
World Refugee Day |
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26 May |
National Sorry Day |
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27 May to 3 June |
National Reconciliation Week |
JUNE |
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3 June |
Mabo Day |
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17 June |
World Refugee Week |
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20 June |
World Refugee Day |
JULY |
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1 July |
Coming of the Light |
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5 July |
Pride in STEM day |
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7 - 14 July |
NAIDOC week starts |
AUGUST |
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4 August |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day |
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9 August |
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
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12 August |
Eid al Fitr (end of Ramadan) |
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26 August |
Wear it Purple Day |
SEPTEMBER |
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September |
Brisbane Pride |
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23 September |
Bisexuality Day |
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TBC |
Equal Pay Day (dependent on the national pay gap but generally in Sept) |
OCTOBER |
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11 October |
National Coming Out Day |
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11 October |
International Day of the Girl |
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22 October – 28 October |
Asexual Awareness Week |
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26 October |
Intersex Awareness Day |
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27 October |
Diwali |
NOVEMBER |
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8 November |
Intersex Day of Solidarity |
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19 November |
International Men’s Day |
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20 November |
Transgender Day of Remembrance |
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Week of 20 November |
Transgender Awareness Week |
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25 November |
White Ribbon Day |
DECEMBER |
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1 December |
World Aids Day |
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3 December |
International Day for Persons with Disability |