---
title: Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia, 2021 to 2025
resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/
publisher: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
licence: CC BY 3.0 AU
licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/
version: 2024-09-24
rows: 532
fields: 6
source: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b1bc6077-dadd-4f61-9f8c-002ab2cdff10/resource/33673aca-0857-42e5-b8f0-9981b4755686/download/australian-public-holidays-combined-2021-2025.csv
source_sha256: 4126fe21c5c96994ea9c2d01227df0df62a62665094e1cded3d677d42bb62356
language: en-AU
operator: National Digital
not_endorsed: true
---

# Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia, 2021 to 2025

Every gazetted public holiday in each Australian state and territory from 2021 to 2025, one row per holiday and state, from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Published by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has not endorsed this site.

Also called: Public holidays Australia machine readable, Australian public holidays CSV, Public holiday dates NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Australian Public Holidays Dates Machine Readable Dataset.

## Download

Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/`:

- csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.csv (93 KB)
- xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.xlsx (31 KB)
- json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.json (139 KB)
- parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.parquet (14 KB)
- sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.sqlite (135 KB)
- duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB)
- ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.ndjson (138 KB)
- arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.arrow (16 KB)
- csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.csv.gz (6.5 KB)

Pinned version 2024-09-24: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/data.<format>`. Dated versions never change.

## Query

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/aggregate.

- Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/rows?limit=5
- Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/aggregate?group=jurisdiction&metric=count

Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`.

- `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
- `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
- `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
- `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you.
- `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated.
- `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent.
- `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions/<date>/` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/openapi.json

## Explore

Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded.

## Fields

| field | type | publisher's header | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | integer | ID |  |
| `date` | date | Date |  |
| `holiday_name` | string | Holiday Name |  |
| `information` | string | Information |  |
| `more_information` | string | More Information |  |
| `jurisdiction` | string | Jurisdiction |  |

Key: `id`.

## Versions

- 2024-09-24: 532 rows, 6 fields, sha256 4126fe21c5c9. https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/

Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/history.tar.zst

## Same subject, other publishers

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- [Contracts awarded by QLeave, Queensland, 2025-26](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-qleave-contract-disclosure/) (Qld)

## Attribution and citation

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government, Australian Public Holidays Dates Machine Readable Dataset, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/australian-holidays-machine-readable-dataset, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU.

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Plain text: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government, Australian Public Holidays Dates Machine Readable Dataset, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/australian-holidays-machine-readable-dataset, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/

Harvard: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2024) Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia, 2021 to 2025, version 2024-09-24 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/

Markdown: Data: [Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia, 2021 to 2025](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/australian-holidays-machine-readable-dataset), Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/).

## Questions

### How do I download Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

### Can I open Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 532 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/au-public-holidays-2021-2025/v/2024-09-24/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

### What years does Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia cover?

The current version covers 2021 to 2023. Each release from PM&C becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

### How often is Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia updated?

PM&C no longer updates it. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

### Can I use Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia commercially?

Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

### Is this the official source for Public holiday dates by state and territory, Australia?

No. The publisher is Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/australian-holidays-machine-readable-dataset. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

### What is in each row?

One public holiday in one state or territory, with its date, its name, a sentence about it and a link to the state or territory page the department took it from. A holiday kept in every state has one row for each.

### Is this kept up to date?

The department marked the dataset inactive in January 2026 and said it will release no further updates, so the last year here is 2025. It points readers to each state and territory government's own public holiday page for later years.

### How are states named?

By the lower-case abbreviation the department uses, such as act, nsw or vic.

### Why does one holiday have no date?

The department listed the 2025 Friday before the AFL Grand Final in Victoria before the date was set, and never added it. The row is kept with a blank date.

## What this site did to the data

Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`.

## Improve this dataset

This page is built from [register/au-public-holidays-2021-2025.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-public-holidays-2021-2025.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.